On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 02:35 AM, martin wrote: > and BTW, since no-one suggested it yet, you can ALSO just use 1.4MB > floppies, but you have to tape over one of the little holes so it > "looks" like an 800K floppy to the floppy drive in your SE. I used to > do this all the time, works fine if you use two layers of tape as the > probe looking for the hole can sometimes pierce a single layer of > tape. > > Once it's taped over, then format it as an 800K on the SE. >
No, no, no, no, no. It'll work, but the magnetic characteristics of the formulations used to coat 800K and 1.4Mb floppies are sufficiently different to make unsafe the storage and long term recovery of data in the manner suggested. Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
