Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!agate!saturn!helios!ted From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: can I put four floppies in an AT clone Message-ID: <10179@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 4 Jan 90 15:29:45 GMT References: <10152@saturn.ucsc.edu> <172@nesac2.att.com> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz Lines: 23 In article <172@nesac2.att.com> jec@nesac2.att.com (John Carter ATLN SADM) writes: >In article <10152@saturn.ucsc.edu>, ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: >] The 1.2 meg drive writes a narrower, lower density track than a 360k. >] The 360k drive has a *real* hard time trying to read disks written >] on a 1.2 meg drive. (Read: don't do it!) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Sorry, but I can't agree with this ^^^^^^. > >I've been developing in-house software on an AT class machine for over a year. >I distribute that software on 360K floppies which are INITAILLY FORMATTED and >written in the 1.2 meg drive. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Well, as they say, you can't argue with success. I don't know why you can, but I know many can't. We have tried formatting a 360k on a 1.2m, copying files to it, then reading those file in another computer which only has a 360k drive. The 360k didn't even see it as a DOS disk. If people want to try this, I guess I would say they should test it carefully before trusting it. -ted- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ted@helios.ucsc.edu | "The opinions are mine... (408)459-2110 | ...the facts are public domain." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------