Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ukma!rutgers!att!mtuxo!lzfme!jwi From: jwi@lzfme.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: DRAM & 1.44MB drive questions; comments on Gateway 2000 Summary: Some do, some don't Message-ID: <1193@lzfme.att.com> Date: 16 Mar 89 17:08:50 GMT References: Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: AT&T, Lincroft NJ Lines: 30 In article , kkerce@x102c.harris-atd.com (Kerce KF 70458) writes: > On another note, does a 3.5" 1.44 MB disk drive need a high-density > diskette to format 1.44 MB correctly? Can a double-sided double > density 3.5" diskette be formatted to 1.44 MB? Some do, some don't. If your particular drive reads the second hole (opposite the file protect hole) on the diskette, it will only format 1.44 as 1.44 and will refuse 720K except as 720K. If yours doesn't read the second hole, it may format a 720K as 1.44M > ...Finally, did they sell me what > they advertised? Does any company? Some do, some don't. DELL (formerly PC Limited) is among the best in every respect. (No affiliation, satisfied 220 - 20MH 286 user.) If you are using your PC for an at home _business_ where it must be up and running, buy a business machine like DELL that comes with on-site service. Jim Winer ..!lzfme!jwi I believe in absolute freedom of the press. I believe that freedom of the press is the only protection we have from the abuses of power of the church, from the abuses of power of the state, from the abuses of power of the corporate body, and from the abuses of power of the press itself. Those persons who advocate censorship offend my religion.