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

[1.44 & 800K floppies are different]

> > 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

Just BE VERY CAREFUL if you ever try to use that floppy as a 1.44 MB one
again. The magnetic material properties were changed between the two
versions to get the density up, and so a 1.44MB-format drive won't fully
erase an 800K-format track.

Take care,

Bill