[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] 1.44 disk drive

[Bob Devries]

Basil you said:
> 1.44 drives are backward compatible so you can use 720k or 1.44M not to
> worry the difference is 720K disks just have one notch
> 1.44M disk have two so you can use both sides of the drive with no need
> to flip them like you do with some drives that use 5 1/4.

Excuse me? We're talking 3.5 inch drives here. They CANNOT be "flipped" as
you say. If you put a 720K disk in a 1.44 MB drive, it just uses a different
data rate.
The second notch in the disk is to tell the drive that it is a 1.44MB
capable disk.

Regards, Bob D.