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Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies?

From "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt>
Newsgroups it.comp.retrocomputing, uk.comp.vintage
Subject Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies?
Date 2021-01-14 13:14 +0200
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Unfortunately I have no idea what kind of floppies those are.

"Giuseppe³" <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> wrote in message 
news:rtngh5$r6k$1@gioia.aioe.org...
> Il 13/01/21 20:01, Giuseppe³ ha scritto:
>> Il 13/01/21 19:56, Giuseppe³ ha scritto:
>>> Il 12/01/21 11:42, Mantas ha scritto:
>>>> I have 2 floppy disks from a Lithuanian ZX-Spectrum clone. I would like 
>>>> to make backups (if they are still readable).
>>
>> I've take a look to the link and saw the disk photo.
>>
>> A question is: Are these disk DS=Double side QD= Quad density???
>> I think that with a PC floppy drive you can only read Single or Double 
>> density (180/360K) or High density (1.2M).
>
> Looking at these datas:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_density
>
> Maybe you can read the QD disk using a 1.2M floppy drive and teledisk, but 
> the problem will be write the image on a new disk.
>
> 

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How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-12 12:42 +0200
  Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2021-01-12 22:47 +0000
    Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-13 13:22 +0200
  Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-13 19:56 +0100
    Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-13 20:01 +0100
      Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-13 20:09 +0100
        Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-14 13:14 +0200
          Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2021-01-14 19:40 +0100
            Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Dino.Baldi" <dino.baldi@gmail.com> - 2021-01-15 01:56 -0800
            Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-18 16:27 +0200
  Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Mike Garcia <mike@mgarcia.nospam> - 2021-01-18 10:47 +1100
    Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-18 16:28 +0200
    Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2021-01-18 22:28 +0000
      Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? Mike Garcia <mike@mgarcia.nospam> - 2021-01-18 23:30 +0000
        Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-01-27 14:10 +0200
          Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? MaveRick <computelico.erasami@gimeil.comm> - 2021-03-10 07:33 +0000
            Re: How to backup ZX-Spectrum floppies? "Mantas" <mantas@universe-trinti.lt> - 2021-03-10 15:36 +0200

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