Apple II floppy substitute

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Sep 18 13:38:01 2003

> I know the Apple II series used something like 140k single sided floppies.
>
> What is a compatible substitute? Double Sided Double Density? I would
> assume side count doesn't matter and in fact DS might be be preferable as
> then I can just notch the other side and safely flip the disk.

DS/DD is fine.

> But what about density? I know in 3.5 disks, you can't safely interchange
> DD and HD disks and expect them to work for long. But what about with
> 5.25 disks? Can I use DD or even HD disks with an Apple II?

Don't use HD (1.2M), they won't work reliably. Stick to DD (typically
called 360K in recent years). "QD" (96 TPI DD) will also work fine.
Received on Thu Sep 18 2003 - 13:38:01 BST