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From: s851736@yabbie.rmit.oz (Robert Krohn)
Newsgroups: aus.mac,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Fool Apple, 400k to 800k
Keywords: Floppy disks Format
Message-ID: <880@yabbie.rmit.oz>
Date: 6 Oct 88 01:33:45 GMT
Organization: RMIT Comm & Elec Eng, Melbourne, Australia.
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Is it possible to fool the mac in thinking a 400k disk is an 800k one ?

Im trying to recover data from an 800k disk mistakanly initialised to 400k
(old 512 machine with the great line Do you want to initialise ? (or eject))
So Im hoping that data is still on the other side, but symantec tools wont
scan that side because it thinks it's a 400k.

Any other suggestions wellcomed !

Thanks in advance, Rob.


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