Emax

Am 21.12.2009 um 21:17 schrieb Bob Conner:

> Because the HD magnetic media (coating) requires more power to be  
> written to than DDDS.
>
> If your DDDS drive does not have enough magnetic writing power the  
> data you record will be unstable and stop working sooner than if  
> written to DDDS disks (or not work at all... like one of our members  
> found out).
>
> I myself have never had a problem with HD disks used as DSDD in my  
> Emax II or in my many Atari ST computers over long periods of time.
>
> At this point it would be hard to say if you are better off using  
> new HD disks or DDDS if the DDDS have been sitting on a shelf for  
> 10+ years in unknown storage conditions (??? anybody?)
>

Interesting! I had good success with HD floppies; they seemed to work  
for me as well as DD floppies. (Emax II.) But I figured it might have  
been only luck. And, I mostly wrote them on a notebook and read them  
on the Emax - not vice versa.
> Are DDDS disks still made new?
>
I don't know.

But who wants 500 used ones? :-))

http://cgi.ebay.de/ATARI-500-gebrauchte-DD-Disketten-auch-fuer-Amiga_W0QQitemZ130352495025QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKlassische_Computer?hash=item1e599d39b1#ht_500wt_924

(Before several group members try to bid competetively and drive up  
the price, it might make more sense if one of us buys them and  
shares... :-)

I also seem to find some sources here in Germany which look like new  
floppies:
http://shopping.kelkoo.de/ssc-100353123-dd-disketten.html
http://www.vesalia.de/d_tdkmfd.htm
http://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/index1.html (that's in the U.K.)

Peter