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From: MagerValp (all posts)
Date: 2002-03-02
Subject: Re: Plus 4 1541 disk drive
>>>>> "RF" == Richard Faulkner <me@richardfaulkner.co.uk> writes:

RF> I've just got a secondhan 1541 disk drive for the first time RF> ever(wow floppies:-)

Sheesh, you british people. How could you stand using tapes in the first place? :)

RF> Does anybody know of any constraints ojn the types of 5.25 disk it RF> can use? The lot of old PC1.2mb disks don't seem to want to RF> format.

No, you need to use 48 or 96 TPI double density disks (aka 360K), not high density. They're usually marked DSDD or SSDD.

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