[Coco] Re Floppy Disk Density

Stephen Castello zootzoot at cfl.rr.com
Sun Aug 25 22:35:06 EDT 2013


On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:02:38 -0400 (EDT), Clubbbs at aol.com had a flock
of green cheek conures squawk out:

>
>Message: 15
>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:33:09 -0500
>From: Brian  Goers <briang0671 at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: [Coco] Floppy Disk  Density
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts  <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Message-ID:  <5217B8F5.8070709 at sbcglobal.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain;  charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>How can you tell the a DD disk from a  HD disk?
>I have some disks that have a white hub ring and others that are  clear 
>or black?
>
>How can I test them?
>
>-- 
>HD disks  don't have hub rings.
>Bob  

If you have some old single sided discs, they may not have them.  I
remember the disc packages making a big deal about hub rings, so the
discs would last longer.

One way is to bulk erase first and then format it in HD, if it fails
but passes when DD formatted, then it might be a DD disc.

-- 

Stephen

The name is Baud. . . . James Baud.



More information about the Coco mailing list