Hello, > The 800k drive reads and writes to two sides of an 800k floppy. To make a > 400k > floppy, the option is to format then write to only one side of that disk.
Did 400k floppy disks work the same way that the old 5-1/4" floppy disks did in the sense that both sides of the 400k disk were potentially writable/readable, but only *one* side was inspected and quality-assured? Somehow, all this talk of one-sided floppy disks puts me in mind of the old "Disk Doubler" gimmick - which was basically a glorified hole punch that allowed the end user to use both sides of then-expensive 5-1/4" floppy disk they'd just spent their hard-earned money on. :) Best, James Fraser -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
