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Format MAC floppy to IBM

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First post, by 21603

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I've seen a few listings on Ebay for 10 blank 3.5" floppy disks going fairly cheap only to realise that they're 1.4Mb MAC formatted. Is it possible to just stick these in a PC and format them to be usable or is that why they're going cheap.

Reply 1 of 3, by keenmaster486

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Yeah, those floppies will format as IBM no problem. Done it a million times.

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Reply 2 of 3, by 21603

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Really! I'll have to remember to place a bid on them then when the time is due.

Reply 3 of 3, by Brickpad

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Use this command argument in DOS to convert Mac formatted diskettes to IBM format.

C:\format A: /f:1.44
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