[comp.sys.ibm.pc] 3.5" reliable floppy drive

bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) (02/20/90)

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Subject: Re: 3.5" disk drives (720KB vs 1.44MB)
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>Are there 3.5" floppy drives out there that can RELIABLY and CONSISTENTLY
>read and write diskettes in both 720KB and 1.44MB densities?  And can these
>so produced diskettes be RELIABLY and CONSISTENTLY read by other disk drives
>in the world?

I have a 3.5" Teac floppy in my 386 clone with a WD1006VSR2 floppy/hard
controller.  I have no problem reading, writing, or formatting 720K and 1.44
Mbyte disks. I tend to use 3M disks.

                                                 Brent H. Besler