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There indeed is such a thing as a 2.8 MB floppy.  It is very rare and not
very popular.  I believe it is/was a Sony product.  You will not be able to
read that floppy (if indeed it is what the user says it is) in a regular
floppy.

I have a 120 MB floppy on my laptop.  It reads/writes 1.44 MB floppies and
120 MB floppies.  It does not read/write 2.88 floppies.


Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com



-----Original Message-----
From:   Jim Phillips [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, 17 March, 1999 11:27 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Off Topic: 2MB Floppy

Just when I think I'm making headway in understanding PC's, someone
throws me another curve.  This time the UL inspector here is trying
to copy a floppy disk (at home) and asked me for assistance.  It
seems he is trying to copy a 2MB floppy.  I didn't even know there
was such an animal.  Anyway, what is required to copy these disks?
A special disk drive?  Or just another 2MB disk?  Will a standard
(1.4MB) floppy drive read/write these 2MB disks correctly?

Thanks for any assistance.

Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
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