Subj : Re: floppy disks
To   : DR. WHAT
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Wed May 14 2025 08:25 am

> My understanding (and I'm really reaching back in the memory here) was that
> many 360K drives were not in really good alignment.  Not a real big deal when
> reading other 360K disks, but to read a disk written to by a 1.2M drive meant
> that the 360K drive had to be in proper alignment or there would be issues.

That is possible.  Luckily I didn't run into that issue with my machines.

>  DW> IIRC, there was a switch I would include on the FORMAT command if
>  DW> formating the 360 disk on the 386.  It might have very well sensed it
>  DW> on its own, but I didn't want to leave it to chance.

> I don't think it could sense, but that might be my faulty memory.

> But I do remember the switch on the FORMAT command.

I honestly don't think it could sense it, either.  I don't remember not
using the switch.  IIRC, I had a BAT file set up just for formatting 360
disks.


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