shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) (03/08/91)
Imagine my naivete. I blithly assumed that because there is support for 360K floppy disks on 5 1/4 HD drives, that 720K (sometimes called "quad density") was supported as well. Wrong!!! I would like to be able to read, write AND format 720K. Does anyone know if this can be done? Thanks, Larry -- Larry A. Shurr (cbnmva!las@att.ATT.COM or att!cbnmva!las) The end of the world has been delayed due to a shortage of trumpet players. (The above reflects my opinions, not those of AGS or AT&T, but you knew that.)
gah@hood.hood.caltech.edu (Glen Herrmannsfeldt) (03/11/91)
720k format is supported as of 3.2, I believe, but it is supported as a 3.5 inch format. If you have a 720k 5.25inch drive, connect it up, tell it it is a 3.5inch drive, and it will work. That is, if your BIOS supports it. I used to do this, until I got a 3.5 inch drive. It works fine. Also, some DOS machines actually come this way, but very few.