Reiability of wrong media (was: is out of 5-1/4" diskettes

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Jan 22 15:30:29 1999

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> > > Don't forget that '720K' 5.25" disks also exist, although they're not
> > > common on IBM PCs. By that I mean 80 track, double density, double
> sided,
> > > 300 oersted coercivity. Most of those do not have the reinforcing ring
> IIRC.
> And they're pretty common on non-MSDOS systems. I far more 80-track DS
> drives than 40-track of any flavour.

How many know about the IBM PC-JX? It had 5.25" 720K drives!
Never sold in the U.S., just Japan and Australia?


> There are also 2.5" disks, though the only ones I've seen were made by TDK
> for an early digital camera. Anyone remember the make? Canon?
I think that they may have been Zenith. In my original message that
started this thread, I explicitly asked if anyone had any available.


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