DReading a QRST5 720KB 3.5" Disk Image

I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am in a
hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for reading such
an image so I can get to work?

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage wrote:

I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am in a
hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for reading such
an image so I can get to work?

Depends. Under linux you can do a loopback mount. An other fix is to
down-format a 1.44 floppy disk.

Arno

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I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am in a
hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for reading such
an image so I can get to work?

File Manager (Winfile.exe) can format a standard 3.5" floppy to 720KB.

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wrote:
I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am in a
hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for reading such
an image so I can get to work?

You can format a 1.44MB as 720KB using FORMAT

FORMAT A: /F:720

However, if you already have an image file, disk imaging programs can write
a 720 image to a 1.44 disk with no problems. I use WinImage to do that.

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wrote:
I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am in a
hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for reading such
an image so I can get to work?

- = -
Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Remorse begets zeal] [Windows is for Bimbos]

All you have to do is put some tape over the hole in corner of a 1.4
Meg floppy and the drive will treat it as if it was a 720 Kb floppy.

NOTE: the hole in the corner of a floppy case with a sliding cover is
the "Write Protect" hole; you need to cover the hole in the other
corner to emulate a 720 KB floppy. Some drives detect this with an LED
and almost any covering of the hole will work. Other drives use a
mechanical switch so you would need a fairly stiff cover, like several
layers of tape.

HTH & GL

John

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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage John Dulak wrote:
wrote:
I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am in a
hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for reading such
an image so I can get to work?

- = -
Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Remorse begets zeal] [Windows is for Bimbos]

All you have to do is put some tape over the hole in corner of a 1.4
Meg floppy and the drive will treat it as if it was a 720 Kb floppy.

That is a veryu bad idea. 1.44M and 720M floppies use different
signal strengths. You will end up with a floppy that may be
unreadable very fast.

Arno

NOTE: the hole in the corner of a floppy case with a sliding cover is
the "Write Protect" hole; you need to cover the hole in the other
corner to emulate a 720 KB floppy. Some drives detect this with an LED
and almost any covering of the hole will work. Other drives use a
mechanical switch so you would need a fairly stiff cover, like several
layers of tape.

HTH & GL

John

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Arno Wagner wrote:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage John Dulak
wrote:
wrote:
I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am
in a hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for
reading such
an image so I can get to work?

- = -
Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus,
BioStrategist
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully
disclaimed.}--- [Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy
obstructive guards] [Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Remorse begets
zeal] [Windows is for Bimbos]

All you have to do is put some tape over the hole in corner of a 1.4
Meg floppy and the drive will treat it as if it was a 720 Kb floppy.

That is a veryu bad idea.

Nope, not when the OP wanted a quick and dirty workaround while waiting for the correct media.

1.44M and 720M floppies use different signal strengths. You
will end up with a floppy that may be unreadable very fast.

Arno

NOTE: the hole in the corner of a floppy case with a sliding cover is
the "Write Protect" hole; you need to cover the hole in the other
corner to emulate a 720 KB floppy. Some drives detect this with an
LED and almost any covering of the hole will work. Other drives use a
mechanical switch so you would need a fairly stiff cover, like
several layers of tape.

HTH & GL

John

--
\\\||///
------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------
----------------------------()--------------------------
'' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

231 wrote:
Arno Wagner wrote:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage John Dulak
wrote:
wrote:
I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5" Floppy
with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies, but am
in a hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks for
reading such
an image so I can get to work?

All you have to do is put some tape over the hole in corner of a 1.4
Meg floppy and the drive will treat it as if it was a 720 Kb floppy.
That is a veryu bad idea.
1.44M and 720M floppies use different signal strengths. You
will end up with a floppy that may be unreadable very fast.


Nope, not when the OP wanted a quick and dirty workaround while
waiting for the correct media.


Disagree - if it is a "virgin" disk it should be fine; the problems only
occurred when converting one formatted to 1 size to another (I think LD
to HD but IMWBW and even then I feel this applied only to 5.25" (genuine
floppy!) disks).


(order of quoting fixed)

Esra Sdrawkcab wrote
231 wrote
Arno Wagner wrote
John Dulak wrote
wrote

I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5"
Floppy with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies,
but am in a hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks
for reading such an image so I can get to work?

All you have to do is put some tape over the hole in corner of a 1.4 Meg floppy and the drive will treat it as if
it was a 720 Kb floppy.

That is a veryu bad idea.
1.44M and 720M floppies use different signal strengths. You
will end up with a floppy that may be unreadable very fast.

Nope, not when the OP wanted a quick and dirty workaround while waiting for the correct media.

Disagree

Your problem...

- if it is a "virgin" disk it should be fine; the problems only occurred when converting one formatted to 1 size to
another

You're massively confusing what happens with 5¼" floppys with what happens with 3½" floppys.

(I think LD to HD but IMWBW and even then I feel this applied only to 5.25" (genuine floppy!) disks).

OJYFR

(order of quoting fixed)

Your anal obsessions are your problem.

231 wrote:

Esra Sdrawkcab wrote
231 wrote
Arno Wagner wrote
John Dulak wrote
wrote

I have a program which needs to be written on a 720KD 3.5"
Floppy with qrst5 in order to work. I ordered some such floppies,
but am in a hurry and would rather do a software fix. Any tricks
for reading such an image so I can get to work?

All you have to do is put some tape over the hole in corner of a 1.4 Meg floppy and the drive will treat it as if
it was a 720 Kb floppy.

That is a veryu bad idea.
1.44M and 720M floppies use different signal strengths. You
will end up with a floppy that may be unreadable very fast.

Nope, not when the OP wanted a quick and dirty workaround while waiting for the correct media.

Disagree

Your problem...

- if it is a "virgin" disk it should be fine; the problems only occurred when converting one formatted to 1 size to
another

You're massively confusing what happens with 5¼" floppys with what happens with 3½" floppys.

(I think LD to HD but IMWBW and even then I feel this applied only to 5.25" (genuine floppy!) disks).

OJYFR

(order of quoting fixed)

Your anal obsessions are your problem.


Hello, Rod:

Okay, what I really want to know, is...what the hell does "IMWBW"
stand for, anyway? :-)


Cordially,
John Turco