Date   : Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:51:01 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: 5.25" Disks for sale

On 09/06/2008 20:01, Rich Mellor wrote:

> I have access to a couple of hundred of HD 5.25" floppy disks (unused) - 
> are these suitable for the old BBC drives

Not really, as the magnetic coercivity of HD is very different from 
single- or double-density, 650 Oersted rather than 300 Oe.  Whilst they 
might appear to work initially (if they format at all, which they often 
don't), any reliability would be illusory.


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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
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                                               University of York