Post #671438
2026-03-11 13:37 UTC
Memorex – when diskettes with a label “media density: high” are not High Density Diskettes.
#diskettes #floppy #retrocomputing #MediaExegesis
Replies (4)
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@3rz@freiburg.social 2026-03-11 13:49
And with proper software support, you can get ~880 KB out of usable space with a FAT12 file system on 3.5“ DD disks (1 MB raw capacity): • Hyperformat on the ST pioneered this (Claus Brod, Jürgen Stessun) • Bitte ein Bit (Uland Täffner) • FCopy Pro (Martin Backschat) • FDFORMAT.EXE (Christoph H. Hochstätter) Which software did you use back then and now to increase the efficiency of your diskette media?
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@felsqualle@manitu.social 2026-03-11 13:38
@3rz@freiburg.social Time to get a refund!111!
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@JennyFluff@chitter.xyz 2026-03-11 13:41
@3rz@freiburg.social 2S/4D? Those are 2S/2D! Hey are you collecting empty boxes of floppies btw? I would like to see an archive of and I recently got a lot
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@sverx@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-03-11 16:23
@3rz@freiburg.social 2S/4D 😲 I've never seen such a thing before!