720k floppy thanks

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Dec 24 12:17:20 2001

On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 Golemancd_at_aol.com wrote:
> i tryed the thing where u cover the extra hole on a 1.44
> oddly enough it actually works.
> pretty cool .
> so i am using a 1.44 in my 720k drive on my tanky 1000 hx

Covering the hole lets you turn a good quality 750 Oerstedt 1.4M diskette
into a usable, but POOR quality, 720K diskette (which SHOULD be about 600
Oerstedt).
The difference in coercivity is close enough that you can "GET AWAY WITH
IT" (unlike the 300 v 600 difference between 360K and 1.2M).

If your data matters to you, try to find some of the right ones.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Mon Dec 24 2001 - 12:17:20 GMT

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