Date   : Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:30:03 +0100
From   : "Jason Watton (Lycos)" <jason.watton@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

Ooops. MFM (DD) vs FM (SD)... I stand corrected. Sorry!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] floppy discs


On Jul 13 2005, 13:36, Jason Watton (Lycos) wrote:
> A disk that merely 'fits' in the drive isn't necessarily compatible
with the
> Beeb... nor is the 'stuff' on it, unless you know it to be in one of
the BBC
> formats (e.g. DFS, ADFS)...
>
> As Mike said: DD (Double Density) and HD (High Density) disks weren't
really
> designed to be used for Single Density formats (such as DFS).

There is no difference in the media between DD and SD, only in the form
of the data fed to/from it.  There is a difference between SD/DD and
HD.

-- 
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York