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From: IRWIN@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Irwin Tillman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: apple 1.4M drives
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Date: 6 Jan 89 15:47:02 GMT
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Does anyone know if Apple's 1.4M drive really works with 800K and
400K Mac disks "as advertised"?

If you recall, although Apple 800K drives "work" with 400K disks,
writing on a 400K startup disk in an 800K drive can sometimes alter the
data so that the disk can no longer be used to boot a Mac.
(This isn't widely "advertised.")

Does anyone know *for sure* whether the same problem has been
found on the 1.4M drives, or do they "really" work?