Thom Kouwenhoven wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 TK>> I've had an Ensoniq Mirage and it worked on 3.5" 720k floppy's

 RJT> So did the optional external floppy drive that came with the Yamaha
 RJT> CX5 computer.  I got one box of those,  don't think I used more than
 RJT> one or two of them.

 TK> I have the experience that the 720k floppy's are a bit more
 TK> reliable than the 1.44MB type.

Oh really?  I haven't enough experience with them to have formed an opinion
one way or another.  Though I never had anywhere near the trouble with the
old "360k" disks that I've had with the 1.44s...

(I put "360k" in quotes up there because much of my use of those
was on cp/m boxes that put differing amounts on them depending on the
format -- 390k was typical for a DS Kaypro for example.)

I have a 720k drive here,  but where would you find floppies for them at a
reasonable price?  I'm used to them being *cheap*,  and really not into
paying much for them,  considering I have a whole big pile of 1.44s here.

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