Quote:Originally posted by pwm:Yes, I know about a lot of other formats - at least as low as 80kB for 5.25". I've heard tell of 12" floppies but have never seen them.-Danger Mouse You can get the 3.5" floppies to work at single sided densities - View image here: - The original Mac drives did 800k on the 3.5" floppy drives as those were variable speed and had powered eject mechanisms.2.88MB 3.5" Floppies were possible.8" floppy drives also existed.
creating the 5.25" formats in 3.5" diskettes or fitting extra tracks or sectors.Edit: The most popular file transfer method at those ancient times was of course the use of a lap-link cable. Quote:Originally posted by pwm:The 5.25" standard diskette formats where:160kB single-sided, 40 tracks, 8 sectors/track180kB single-sided, 40 tracks, 9 sectors/track320kB double-sided, 40 tracks, 8 sectors/track360kB double-sided, 40 tracks, 9 sectors/track1.2MB double-sided 80 tracks, 15 sectors/track high-densityThe 3.5" standard formats are 720kB and 1.44MB.However, a number of programs could create non-standard formats too, i.e.
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