It was not compatible with a “standard” floppy. Again this was a special drive that required specific media that could only be read in that drive. However these floppies were created using special software and special drives that aren’t available to the public.Īt one time (in the ’80s), Toshiba came out with a 2.88MB drive. Some vendors (most notably Microsoft) at one time distributed setup floppies that were formatted to a higher capacity (about 1.8MB if I remember correctly). Floppy manufacturers, like hard-drive manufacturers equate 1 MB to 1 million bytes when in reality it is equal to 1.024 million bytes.Ī “standard” floppy drive CANNOT format a “standard” floppy to anything higher on its own. What is the format of the floppy in question?Ī “standard” double-sided, high-density 3.5-inch floppy provides a “true” 1.38MB of formatted usable space.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |