24 Sep
2001
24 Sep
'01
3:16 p.m.
I buy 720K 3.5 inch diskette on eBay for about $20 per 100. (You can find a
box of 10 if you don't need a 100.) I search for "floppy 720K". Every week
there is someone selling new-in-box floppies. I also have bought 360K 5.25
disks.
I have no connection with the following eBay auction (Item # 1277913625).
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1277913625
If someone needs a boot disk for their SWTPC 6800 or 6809 computer, I can
provided one.
Michael Holley
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Betz" <dbetz(a)xlisper.mv.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:25 PM
Subject: Apple II 800K Diskettes?
I just acquired an Apple IIgs (thanks Rich!) and am
anxious to try it out.
I
have downloaded the system software from the Apple
site but an unsure how
to
go about making 800K disks for use on the IIgs as none
of my local
computer
stores stock 800K floppies. Is it possible to cover
over the hole that
tells
the drive that it is a HD disk and format it as an
800K disk? Will the
800K
drive on the IIgs be able to read it? Or do I have to
find a source for
real
800K media?