Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!percival!bucket!leonard
From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: DD AS HD DSKTS !
Message-ID: <1370@bucket.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 89 03:54:53 GMT
References: <10628@ibmpcug.UUCP> <79700021@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson)
Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR
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In article <79700021@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
<There is a rumor that Sony 3.5" DSDD disks won't format at all in DSHD
<(1.44Mb) mode.  Can anyone confirm this?

They will format to 1.44M and seem to be at least somewhat reliable.
*However* a CORRECTLY WIRED 1.44M drive won't format a DSDD disk to
1.44M. There is an extra hole in the disk to indicate that it is a HD
disk. Without this hole the drive won't go to high density mode.

Of course this is not well known, as IBM PS/2's and Compaq SLT's both
have the drives wired "incorrectly". :-)
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