Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : 2twisty
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Jun 01 2022 22:00:13

On 31 May 2022 at 11:41p, 2twisty pondered and said...
 
 2t>  pF> They could read them, but writing a 360k in a 1.2m drive could cause 
 2t>  pF> inconsistent results when you tried to read it in a 360k drive, if
 2t>  pF> memory  serves.
 2t> 
 2t> IIRC, if the 360K disk was formatted in a 360k drive, you could reqd and
 2t> write all you wanted with a 1.2 and the 360k drive would have no issue.
 2t> 
 2t> I think where the problem came in was if you formatted a 360k disk in a
 2t> 1.2MB drive.
 2t> 
 2t> But hell, that's 30 years ago, and I can't remember shit past 30 MINUTES
 2t> ago now......
 2t> 

Maybe.  As mentioned before, the 1.2M drive wouldn't overwrite the tracks laid by a 360K drive completely, so the 360K drive may read the residual information the 1.2M drive didn't overwrite.

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