Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : vorlon
From : boraxman
Date : Sun May 29 2022 18:15:48

 vo>  vo>  Sp> Ahh I was going to ask if you're looking for a 360k or a
 vo>  vo> 1.2M  Sp> floppy... if you're at 1.44 you want a 3.5" jobby?
 vo>  vo> 
 vo>  vo> Make him suffer with a 360K disk...... %->
 vo>  bo> Have plenty of those disks, it is the 360K drive, that rare elusive
 vo>  bo> beast that I'm looking for.
 vo> 
 vo> Can't a 1.2Mb drive also read and write 360K disks?
 vo> 
 vo> \/orlon

Yes, it can.  The 1.2M drive has a narrower head, so writes narrower tracks than the 360K drive.  It works, but because it doesn't overwrite the tracks laid by a 360K drive completely, it may cause reliability issues, especially when you go to read it on a 360K drive later.  I have read and written 360K disks on a 1.2M drive just fine (except for those where the magnetic coating peeled off and jammed the head), but they just won't be optimal for use on the original 360K drives.

My hope is to get a real 360K drive.

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