Date   : Sun, 03 Apr 2005 09:44:53 +0100
From   : Jon Ripley <jon@...>
Subject: Re: BBC disk drives

Tim Fardell wrote:
> I have found that HD disks will work in DD drives, and can even be used as
> DD in an HD drive if the sensing hole is covered with adhesive tape or 
> similar.  
> 
> I suspect that long-term reliability would be impaired, but they're fine
> as "scratch" disks, and I've had some with Beeb stuff on for well over a
> year and they still read error-free.

On the other side of the fudge I have several DD disks formatted as HD 
which have been working fine for well over a decade.

The only errors I ever had were when the drive heads failed due to the 
extreme amount of use the drive suffered.

All good fun really,
Jon Ripley
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