Re: Old Floppies

Top Page
Attachments:
Message as email
+ (text/plain)
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: eric
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Old Floppies
wrote:
> Gene Holmerud wrote:
>
>> Are they 720kb? If yes, I'll pay you a little for one or two dozen.
>> 720's are usually labeled 2DD and have only one square hole in their
>> top-right corner (or botton-left depending upon what you call "up"),
>> whereas 1.4Mb are labeled HD and have a square hole in both top corners.
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
> I haven't forgotten this. All of the floppies encountered so far have
> been HD. I've gone through about 6' of stacked floppies. I still have
> a lot more to do :(
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>


Been a long while since I've dealt with those, so my memory is a bit
fuzzy. I seem to remember being able to reformat HD disks in a 2DD
drive, and use them as 2DD disks?

eric
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss