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On the subject of 2.88 vs 1.44 floppies and using 1.44's as 2.88s. Ever since someone figured out you could 'punch' the hole on the edge of a 5.25" floppy on the Apple II to get "double sided" for free the debate has raged on as to why one would buy expensive floppies when the 'regular' ones could be made to work. And the answer is of course because the data on the floppy is worth it. Several myths have be propogated about floppies, none of which are true (as verified by engineers withing nearly every major floppy disk maker) these are: o All floppies use the same base material, only the packaging an labelling are different. o Single Density floppies can be used as double density floppies if you don't compress the data. o Both sides of a floppy are the same, whether they are single sided or double sided. (generally everything is double sided today) o You can make a double density floppy drive out of a single densitry drive by doubling the write clock. The reality is that the floppy market is pretty cutthroat and the prices reflect that. If you 'cheat' by convincing your system to use a disk that isn't certified for the data density you are using then don't cry when you lose that data. --Chuck