High density disks on double density drives

From: David Williams <dlw_at_trailingedge.com>
Date: Sat Sep 19 13:36:53 1998

I've heard that you shouldn't use high density disks in double
density drives, that the data wouldn't be reliable. Well, I just
bought a bunch of double density 3.5" disks to use with my Apple
//gs and I got to thinking about this. Is it because of the drive or
the controller? I would think it was the drive, if so, I have the Apple
SuperDrive which can read/write high density disks except I don't
have the SuperDrive controller for the //gs. Thus I'm stuck with the
800k format. Could I still use high density disks in this drive
without problems?

Thanks.


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David Williams - Computer Packrat
dlw_at_trailingedge.com
http://www.trailingedge.com
Received on Sat Sep 19 1998 - 13:36:53 BST

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