Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!lakesys!gryphon!cadovax!keithd From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: An Amusing Anectode (The tale of the 2 Meg disk) Message-ID: <1649@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 01:08:16 EDT Article-I.D.: cadovax.1649 Posted: Sat Jul 11 01:08:16 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:45:47 EDT References: <398@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> Reply-To: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA Lines: 16 In article <398@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> ali@rocky.stanford.edu (Ali Ozer) writes: >Anyway, now I have a 2.0 Meg capacity floppy disk. 8-) Well, if 2.0M 3.5" floppys achieve their high density in the same way HD 5.25" floppys do, you might not want to use it. HD disk drives use a higher write current, because the floppy media is less sensitive, which for some reason permits higher density. Normal disk drives will not put out a high enough write current to write the media reliably. I remember having all kinds of problems trying to format HD disks on non-HD drives until this was explained to me, and I gave up trying. Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd # cadovax!keithd@ucla-locus.arpa Contel Business Systems 213-323-8170 "Enter at your own risk"