Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:58:00 +0200 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <83soplx3a.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> <9DOdncYo-vBzE1r1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <10a8mbc$1q6g1$8@dont-email.me> <10aca8j$2odbt$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net QxkO6kGbsui6CNs7Eu/K7gV6MBEWfGOgWa/g94HAahKrmvS+eT X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:KKnsjPhFvxK4XdqSenNp600/Yb0= sha256:vYIkkh0RLkKgJg6q6mXoMSRXf1TWOs7djUOCNTflsa8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10aca8j$2odbt$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74347 alt.usage.english:1128249 On 2025-09-16 20:28, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: > Den 16.09.2025 kl. 12.44 skrev Carlos E.R.: > >> On the PC the format was handled in software (BIOS or even userland), > > The 3½" floppies could hold 720 kByte when used on a PC. If you set up > config.sys correctly, it could handle 144 kByte. > > I haven't tried other formats on a PC, but I would be surprised if it > could handle other formats - without formatting. > Well, yes, the disks had to be formatted. A tool like PCTools Backup would format and write in one operation, almost at hard disk speed. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;