Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!violet!jjboritz From: jjboritz@violet.waterloo.edu (Jim Boritz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: 3.5" disk drives and diskettes Message-ID: <10208@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 5 Dec 88 01:00:33 GMT Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: jjboritz@violet.waterloo.edu (Jim Boritz) Distribution: world Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 18 A long time ago there was much debate over whether both sides of a single sided diskette were usable, and whether one could use a single density diskette in a double density drive. Well, now the question surfaces in another form. In the new world of 3.5" floppies the high density diskettes have an additional hole on the side opposite the protect hole. My 3.5" drive will not even think about formatting at 1.44Meg unless this hole is present. My question is, "Can I punch holes in my 720K diskettes and use them at 1.44Meg?" I am more interested in whether the hardware can withstand this use as opposed to how the media will stand up to the punishment. -- Jim Boritz {uunet,utai,clyde}!watmath!violet!jjboritz University of Waterloo jjboritz@violet.waterloo.edu