3.5" Altair CP/M

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 03 June 2007 10:47, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> I also believe if you are formatting the 3.5" drive at SD, you best be
> using 720K 3.5" media...  HD media will probably not work well, or not
> retain data (much the same problem as using non HD formats on HD 5.25"
> disks).

Doesn't this depend on the write current supplied by the drive electronics,  
rather than the format used?

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