Date   : Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:16:05 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: 3.5" disks Was: RE=3A_=5BBBC-

"Fraser, Colin J" <colin.fraser@...> wrote:
> > Can you format 3=BD" 720K PC disks for use with the BBC ?
> 720k disks work fine.
> 1.44 M disks should probably work too. I have a recent 3.5" PC drive
> hooked up to my Beeb, but I've only used 720k disks as I have plenty of
> them. I'll need to try it out with the HDD disks. Only difference should
> be the higher write current, but the drive selects this itself if the
> HDD hole is present.
 
But be careful trying to format disks to a capacity other than what they
are manifactured for.  720k disks are *NOT* 1.44M disks that have failed
some sort of quality test.  They are manufactured differently.  See:
http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Docs/Comp/Disks/DiskDen
 
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