OT: 800K floppies

[BrianH]

>>>> Tape over the extra hole.
>>>
>>> It worked! Thanks!

If you've got a machine that was _pre_ 2Mb floppies, they don't need the
tape. Taping the hole will 'fool' a Mac that can read both types.

BUT there are a lot of opinions on how stable a 2Mb formatted as a 1Mb
(800k formatted) will be. An older drive won't have the 'oomph' to write
reliably to a 2Mb disk. Opinions vary wildly, there's a lot on this on the
QuadList <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> (archives??
<http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/>). You might
also look at the pickle's Low-End Mac FAQ
<http://macfaq.org/hardware/media.shtml#Q2.3.2> (and surrounding).

hth


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Take care .....

Brian