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From: dts@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Daniel Senie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5" DS/DD to 1.44MB on Zenith 286-LP
Summary: IBM Only...
Keywords: HD, 3.5" disks, Zenith
Message-ID: <3536@cloud9.Stratus.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 89 06:55:12 GMT
References: <2004@pembina.UUCP>
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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In article <2004@pembina.UUCP>, mathur@alberta.UUCP (Ambrish Mathur) writes:
> I have recently been using the Zenith 286-LP AT-compatible
> with a 3.5" disk drive and MSDOS 3.3+. I can't seem to
> format a DS/DD 3.5" disk to 1.44MB even with the /t and /n
> parameters. On an IBM PS/2 this is possible (DOS 4.0). 

IBM seems to be the only manufacturer allowing this. On the Toshiba 1.44MB
drive I bought and installed today in my Z-386, there is a jumper to determine
this behaviour. It seems that most people sense the extra hole in the diskette
casing to determine high density. Note also that DSDD floppies formatted to
1.44MB in a PS/2 are likely to be unreadable in any other brand machine which
has a 1.44MB drive...

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