need 720k 3 1/2" disks

From: Stuart Johnson <ssj152_at_charter.net>
Date: Mon Jun 9 21:31:00 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "jamesd" <jdickens_at_ameritech.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:20 PM
Subject: need 720k 3 1/2" disks


> I I need a couple 3 1/2" diskette for an old 8086 six laptop too boot
with
> ... i don't have any good ones... if someone would like to offer to sell
me 2
> or 3 for around a buck apiece i would greatly appreciate it.. ebay only
has
> them in 25 and 50 packs and i really don't even need 10 just one to boot
and
> a backup... just going to use the laptop as a serial terminal
>
> I have a paypal account... if that makes it easier
>
> James Dickens

Have you tried using a HD floppy and putting tape over BOTH sides of the
hole that marks the disk as HD? I should think that you could then format
the floppy as a 720 easily. I haven't tried this myself, but "Logic is the
art of going wrong - with confidence". I write enable factory-made read-only
1.44 floppies in this manner, and I use ordinary frosted "scotch" tape with
great success.

Stuart Johnson
Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 21:31:00 BST