Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : mary4
From : Dr. What
Date : Mon May 12 2025 07:12 am

-=> mary4 wrote to Dr. What <=-

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.

ma> odd it works fine for me?

If you write to a 360K disk in a 1.2M drive, it will probably still be read in
another 1.2M drive, but probably not another 360K drive.

I think it's OK to write to a 1.2M disk in a 360K drive, though.  But I vaguely
remember some reliablity issues there.  Again, it's been a long time.

The "newest" vintage machine that I have only uses DD/DS 5.35" floppies.


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