Mac floppy drive question

From: Marion Bates <Marion.Bates_at_Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: Thu Aug 27 09:52:24 1998

--- John Ruschmeyer wrote:
> Mac 512k? Since the ROM only recognizes the smaller-size drive, will it just
> ignore the top R/W head and work fine otherwise?

Actually, IIRC, it will recognize the drive as double sided, *but* you will
still be limited to the old MFS format, rather than the newer HFS.

<<John>>
--- end of quote ---

I thought the old format went hand-in-hand with one-sided disks. So I could use 800k floppies in MFS format? If so, then what was the point of the 512ke?

-- MB
Received on Thu Aug 27 1998 - 09:52:24 BST