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From: JAM160@psuvm.psu.edu (James MacKenzie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HD floppies
Message-ID: <90065.140254JAM160@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 90 19:02:54 GMT
References: <1990Mar5.205252.28816@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1990Mar5.205252.28816@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU
(Tomas G. Rokicki) says:
>
>Do not use HD floppies in a normal Amiga floppy drive.  The HD disks are
>*different*---different magnetic properties.  They will work---to a point.
>Your data isn't worth it, and the DD are cheaper anyway.
>
>-tom

Sorry, Tom, but there is NO difference in the magnetic media of HD and DD
3-1/2" disks...in fact, you can take a DD 3-1/2" disk and put a hole in
it where the extra one is on a HD, and it will work.

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