Types Of 3.5-Inch Diskettes - IBM R/S6000 7012 300 Series Operator's Manual

Types of 3.5-Inch Diskettes

Attention: Diskette drives and diskettes must be the correct type to store data successfully.
If you use the wrong diskette in your 3.5-inch diskette drive, the data on the diskette may be
destroyed.
The diskette drive uses the following 3.5-inch diskettes:
1.0M-byte capacity, which stores approximately 720K bytes of data.
2.0M-byte capacity, which stores approximately 1.44M bytes of data.
A 1M-byte diskette looks like this:
May be labeled 2HC
Write-Protect Slot
A 2M-byte diskette looks like this:
Write-Protect Slot
Note: Some computers operate with 720K-byte diskette drives (no printing on the
diskette-eject button) that use only 1.0M-byte capacity diskettes. If you are going to
be transferring work between computers that have different diskette drives, be
certain the diskettes are compatible and are formatted correctly. For more
information, refer to your operating system information.
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