I always thought the difference was the number of hole's at the
end of the disk.. One of the hole's is for write protect. The others
presence (or absence) indicates HD, or DD. (HD disks had the second
hole)
But then again, I'm the guy who (mistakenly) thought 3.5" HD disks
would work as DD. :-)
David
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 20:05, Marvin Johnston wrote:
> This brings up an interesting point; how do you tell the difference
> between DD and HD diskettes? My usual method was to try and format them
> on a DD drive, and if they formatted, they were DD :). Is there a better
> method?
>
> "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
> >
> > At no point has the price differential been so extreme as to justify using
> > the wrong diskette on a regular basis. Admittedly, there can be
> > "emergencies", where the correct diskette is unavailable that might result
> > in a need to make do with a wrong one.
>
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