Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : MARY4
From : Cougar428
Date : Sun May 11 2025 09:35 pm

-=> Quoting Mary4 to Dr. What <=-

DW> Really?  That's interesting.  Or did the HD ones simply have a black
DW> ring?
Ma> Hd Has no ring
DW>
DW> In any case, I never noticed that before or maybe I just don't remember.
DW> I don't have any 5.25 1.2M floppies around anymore because I have no
DW> systems that use it.  And, the real problem with those disks, writing to
DW> a 360K disk in a 1.2M drive and vice versa was not always reliable.
DW>
DW>
Ma> odd it works fine for me?

Still works for me as well on my 386/16. I can format and use any 5.25"
diskette. Not saying there weren't some drives that may have been
incompatible though. Stranger things have happened.

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