Date   : Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:21:08 +0100
From   : Sprow <news@...>
Subject: Re: Trouble with Double Density 3.5in Diskettes

In article <20020805155546.2079.qmail@...>,
   Simon Marchese <simon_marchese@...> wrote:
> When I type N it formats either 40 or 80
> tracks successfully, but typing Y results in errors of
> the kind that start:

> 00??01

> So, assuming, that my DDFS supports double density, as
> does the 1770 controller, is this inability to format
> double density diskettes in some way a limitation fo
> the drives themselves or is it more likely to be due
> to the media being old perhaps not in the prime of
> life?

It's not one of those 
 *DRIVE 0 80
or
 *OPT <weird number>,80
moments is it?
Does *H.. reveal any gems?
Sprow.