A500 3.5" diskettes

jharrison · 22 May 2007, 22:12

Can someone explain all differences in 3.5" diskettes compatible on the Amiga 500? Thus far, I've seen DS DD & SS DD. Are there some DS without being DD? i'm really confused. Is there a particular/preferred diskette to transfer adf images to?

Coagulus · 22 May 2007, 22:47

DS DD tends to be the one although I have used HD disks temporarily to try stuff but wouldn't trust them for long in my miggy!

[edit] DS = Double sided (some computers had single sided drives!)

SS = you guessed it- single sided

DD = double density

HD = High density

macce2 · 22 May 2007, 23:44

3.5 DS DD disks tend to be very rare in shops nowadays .. :-/

alexh · 23 May 2007, 00:22

I used DS DD's as HD's (hole drilled in the other side) for years... some that written in 1992 (and used almost daily until 2001) still work today!

No-one go from Amiga to SNES with floppy disk based Copier?

Half my Amiga demo collection was turned into these hybrid 1.6Mbyte disks for the SuperMagicom

Jope · 23 May 2007, 07:58

I went from Amiga to PC and drilled my entire MOD collection. "I can get these back from anywhere" :-(

My disks didn't last very well as HD though, as most of them were bulk brand.. However I did manage to 2M format some of them to 1.9MB formatted capacity. :-D

_ThEcRoW · 23 May 2007, 17:17

I still have 3m dd disks with the hole drilled for hd usage and they perform without errors!
Curious.

Jope · 24 May 2007, 08:40

It's always a gamble. :-)

However like we've said many times before, HD and DD media are not the same.. It's not a conspiracy against the consumer, even though some people like to think it is. :-)

22 May 2007, 22:12	#1
jharrison Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: australia Posts: 97	A500 3.5" diskettes Can someone explain all differences in 3.5" diskettes compatible on the Amiga 500? Thus far, I've seen DS DD & SS DD. Are there some DS without being DD? i'm really confused. Is there a particular/preferred diskette to transfer adf images to?

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22 May 2007, 22:47	#2
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	DS DD tends to be the one although I have used HD disks temporarily to try stuff but wouldn't trust them for long in my miggy! [edit] DS = Double sided (some computers had single sided drives!) SS = you guessed it- single sided DD = double density HD = High density

22 May 2007, 23:44	#3
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,219	3.5 DS DD disks tend to be very rare in shops nowadays .. :-/

23 May 2007, 00:22	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	I used DS DD's as HD's (hole drilled in the other side) for years... some that written in 1992 (and used almost daily until 2001) still work today! No-one go from Amiga to SNES with floppy disk based Copier? Half my Amiga demo collection was turned into these hybrid 1.6Mbyte disks for the SuperMagicom

23 May 2007, 07:58	#5
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	I went from Amiga to PC and drilled my entire MOD collection. "I can get these back from anywhere" :-( My disks didn't last very well as HD though, as most of them were bulk brand.. However I did manage to 2M format some of them to 1.9MB formatted capacity. :-D

23 May 2007, 17:17	#6
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 941	I still have 3m dd disks with the hole drilled for hd usage and they perform without errors! Curious.

24 May 2007, 08:40	#7
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	It's always a gamble. :-) However like we've said many times before, HD and DD media are not the same.. It's not a conspiracy against the consumer, even though some people like to think it is. :-)

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