On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Simon Raahauge DeSantis wrote:
> 
> > > > in and newfs it? MacOS 7.6 on my Q650 doesn't seem to want to do an 800K
> > > > format.
> > > 
> > > Are you sure you tried with an 800K floppy? HD (1.44 MB) floppies are
> > > keyed to be different, and the Mac can tell the difference between the
> 
> > Aha, that must've been it. I don't think I have any 800K floppies lying
> > around. Is it possible to format a 1.44 as an 800K? I seem to remember
> > doing something along those lines a few years ago to work with some older
> > macs at school...
> 
> yes.  On the 1.44M disk there is a square hole on the top edge opposite
> the write protect hole (looks just like the write protect hole).
> Cover with tape (securily so the tape doesn't come off in your
> drive and mess it up) and your mac will think its 800K

If you have any old boxes of 5.25" disks, their write protect tabs work
nicely for this purpose, since they were designed to wrap around the edge
of a disk and stick w/o flaking off in the drive.  FWIW, they're also
great for re-recording video and audio tapes....  Now, if some company
would just start making those again and repackaging them....


David

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