Date   : Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:58:15 +0100
From   : bbcmailinglist@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: 5.25" Disks for sale

It's a real shame that 5.25" HD discs don't work on Beebs.  I bought some
from Viking a few years ago when they were still doing them, only to find
that they weren't any use.

Unless somebody knows a trick equivalent to covering up the second hole
on 3.5" HD discs?

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Turnbull [mailto:pete@...]
To: bbc-micro@...
Sent: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:51:01 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 5.25" Disks for sale

On 09/06/2008 20:01, Rich Mellor wrote:

> I have access to a couple of hundred of HD 5.25" floppy disks (unused) - 
> are these suitable for the old BBC drives

Not really, as the magnetic coercivity of HD is very different from 
single- or double-density, 650 Oersted rather than 300 Oe.  Whilst they 
might appear to work initially (if they format at all, which they often 
don't), any reliability would be illusory.

-- 
Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York

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