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Old floppy disks ...
« on: March 19, 2013, 08:49:12 AM »
Hello, I have found a group of old floppy disks (pre-1994 I think). These floppy disks have only 1 hole like the Amiga floppy disks used to have. However the software on them is for a Windows machine I think. My question is; did Windows machines accept floppy disks with 1 hole? and if yes, is there a way how I can read the files on these floppy disks? maybe on my amiga (I tried from a Pentium III, but this tells me to format the disks).
 

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Re: Old floppy disks ...
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2013, 10:16:28 AM »
Quote from: Rob;729726
Yes Windows worked with double density (DD) floppies.  In MSDOS/Windows you could format them for 720kb whereas the Amiga could format them for 880kb.

You can read Windows formatted disks on an Amiga using Crossdos or Fat95.  You can also use high density (HD) floppies as DD by taping over the hole.


... and on a windows machine? Can I see the contents of these floppy disks ... and maybe run the programs there in.