From: Darren Spiteri (dspiteri_at_gmail.com)
Date: 2005-11-02 01:01:24
On 02/11/05, silverdr@inet.com.pl <silverdr@inet.com.pl> wrote:
>
> On 2005-11-01, at 23:09, Rainer Buchty wrote:
>
> >> No, this is only true for 3,5" disks.
> >
> > So how did 5.25" drives distinguish between HD and DD?
>
> AFAIR It didn't/doesn't.
I think things like that were intentionally operator dependent. When
hardware was so expensive why waste resources and widgits when we have
puny humans to insert the correct media. :D
> >
> > I could have sworn, that the 5.25" HD disks hat an additional notch on
> > the "bottom" end... (And looks like I'm not the only one -- see
> > "General
> > Questions" on http://www.ucalgary.ca/infoserve/Vol2.2/microlab.html)
>
> Quite possibly they're wrong but just to be on the safe side, I'll
> double check that in the morning.
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