[P1] Slow Floppy

[Guy McMickle]

On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 11:14  AM, Jack Rodgers wrote:

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> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 07:36  AM, Joost van de Griek wrote:
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>>> Ok, so I formatted one of my floppies for Mac OS Standard w/ OS 9
>>> drivers...and now it's only got 500k available?? What the hell is 
>>> that??
>>
>> Ehm... I don't think floppies need OS 9 *hard disk* drivers on 'em...
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> Good read...  :)
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> Isn't a floppy formatted from a menu selection in the Finder?
>

Back in OS 9 it was formatted from the "Special" menu in the Finder.  I 
couldn't find anything like that in OS X.  Only way I could find was in 
Disk Utility.  After all, they don't make floppy drives anymore, so why 
make it that easy to erase them?

-Guy McMickle