Date   : Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:42:19 +0100
From   : "Tim Matthews" <tim.matthews@...>
Subject: Re: My New Baby Has Arrived!

and isn't there a notch on the opposite side to the write protect notch
too?
or is my memory mistaken...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] 
> On Behalf Of Mike Tomlinson
> Sent: 14 October 2005 18:34
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> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] My New Baby Has Arrived!
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> 
> In article <89116024.20051014151505@...>, Jeff 
> Gaines <jeff@...> writes
> 
> >  It has a 5.25" floppy which is 40 track SS 100K, I can't 
> format my  
> > eBay floppy disks though, they are Verbatim 2HD 'Formatted IBM'. I  

> > guess the wrong type.
> 
> Yes, they're HD (high density) discs.  You need DD (double 
> density) disks.  When you have some, compare them with the HD 
> discs.  You'll see the HDs are a different, darker, colour 
> due to their different magnetic coercivity, and they may be 
> missing the hub ring.
> 
> 
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