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Subject: Re: DD AS HD DSKTS !
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Date: 24 Apr 89 20:30:00 GMT
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> There is a rumor that Sony 3.5" DSDD disks won't format at all in DSHD
> (1.44Mb) mode.  Can anyone confirm this?
> Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois


    Is this with the extra hole "melted thru"?  A HD microfloppy has to
have two holes in it in order for the drive to format it.  It needs a
second hole opposite of the Write protect hole.

    I presume that the original poster has been using such a device..
I'm told the the only diff between the two types of floppies is the
percision in which they are made.  (The Case & Center, not the media)


    -Chert Pellett
     chert@spdyne