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About Diskette and Drive Compatibility
The following chart shows the compataibility of your
IBM Personal Computer AT drives with different types
of formatted diskettes.
Single Sided
Double Sided
High
Diskette
Diskette
Capacity
(160/180K)
(320/360K)
Diskette
(1.2M)
Read or Write
Read or Write
Do Not Use (1)
Double Sided Drive - )
Read Only (2)
Read Only (2)
Read or Write
High Capacity Drive
->
Do not use in a Double Sided drive.
2
Warning: If you write (record) on a single sided or
double sided diskette with your High Capacity
drive, that diskette may become unusable in a Single
Sided or Double Sided drive. To guard against
accidently writing (recording) on these diskettes,
you should consider placing a write protect tab on
the diskette before you use it. Refer to the "Write
Protect" procedure later in this section.
Summary of Diskette and Drive Compatibility
• Use only high capacity diskettes to read and record
in the 1.2M bytes format with your IBM Personal
Computer AT High Capacity drive.
• Use only double sided diskettes to read and record
in the 320/360K bytes format with your IBM
Personal Computer AT High Capacity drive.
• Use only double sided diskettes in a Double Sided
drive.
• Do not write on double sided diskettes in your High
Capacity drive if you intend to use the diskettes in a
double sided drive.
Diskette Drives 1-3
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