1.44 MB floppys used in 880K Amiga Disk Drives

[barney]

I have always been told that you can not use a 1.44 mb floppy in a standard Amiga drive.  Well, I decided to put this theory to the test. I formatted a regular everyday 1.44 floppy and guess what?  It worked absolutely fine!  I now use these disks all the time to play games, save data, etc.

Whoevey else out there that heard the same, give it a try.  You will never have to worry again about scrambling for DS DD disks anymore.  Good luck

Barney

[barney]

I don't even use tape.  I will keep the tape idea in mind in case I run into any troubles in the future.

Barney

[barney]

Countzero, does the Amiga floppy really have the technology of saying "ok.... I am not successfully magnetizing this disk so I better up my power to see if that works".  I could be wrong, but if the drive does not have the necessary power to magnetize the disk in the first place, then the disk simply would not work (unreadable).  Who knows, maybe I am wrong.  Maybe the Amiga floppy can up it's power...who knows.  I have not had any problems yet, but I will keep an eye on it.