Hi Ed
I think you missed the part saying we talk about 8" floppies ...
Nico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tillman, Edward" <Edward.Tillman_at_valero.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: RE: Bulk Erase 8" floppies
> If you happen to have an old x86 laying around (286sx - 486dx), with DOS 5
> or earlier, your format command will tell you the types/capacities of
> floppies available, and the switches required to format them properly. A
> simple chkdsk command run on the FD will tell you what you actually have.
> Prior to HD, I don't believe any of the disks were marked with type/size.
> However, HD and DD (DSHD 720Kb & DSDD 1.44Mb) are both marked on the disk
> housing on the top foreward right corner -- top foreward right as inserted
> into the drive -- right next to the spring-loaded media cover. The cover,
> itself, may also contain the disk capacity in KB or MB, but that's also
> usually found in later model disks...
>
> Cheers...
>
> Ed Tillman
> Store Automation Tech Support Specialist
> Valero Energy Corporation
> San Antonio, Texas, USA
> Office: (210)592-3110, Fax (210)592-2048
> Email: edward.tillman_at_valero.com <mailto:edward.tillman_at_valero.com>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris [mailto:cb_at_mythtech.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:32 AM
> To: Classic Computers
> Subject: Re: Bulk Erase 8" floppies
>
>
> >A hint : sort the floppies according to density. I would be rather p.....
> >if I bought a stack of 20 floppies, believing they were DSDD, and I got
> >some SSSD ones.
>
> Is there a way to tell visually if they are DS vs SS? Not all the
> floppies have their original factory labels on them any more, and I know
> there are some of each.
>
> If not, I'll make 3 groups. DSDD, SSSD, and "Pot Luck"
>
> -chris
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Wed Sep 17 2003 - 02:22:00 BST