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| subject: | 3.5` DSDD 720k Diskettes |
->> I have a number of old computers which require 3.5" DSDD diskettes and
->> recently had an opportunity to purchase some of them (more than I will ever
->> use, but I had to purchase the entire lot). A friend suggested that I post
->> to a few Usenet groups pertaining to machines which have the same
->> requirements -- somebody else probably could use some of these, too.
TW> I have NEVER had a 1.44 3.5 fail to format in one of those
TW> DD 720 drives. I wouldn't think there would be much of a
TW> market unless you were giving them away Free.
TW> Haven't had a 720 drive in a long time though. I did try
TW> punching my extra 720 Floppies but didn't have much luck
TW> using thme in a 1.44 drive though.
As I posted in my msg to him, we use 720k disks at work. The 1.4
megs don't work reliabily. Don't know why. However, we have
enough to last a couple lifetimes.
BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn
... "trivia" means "three roads." Any idea why?
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