IBM F50 RS/6000 7025, User Manual

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Using the 3.5–Inch Diskette Drive
Diskette Compatibility
The system unit has a 1.44MB diskette drive installed vertically in the front.
The 1.44MB diskette drive can format, read, and write diskettes compatible with the
following diskette drives:
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1.0MB diskettes with 720KB formatted data capacity.
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2.0MB diskettes with 1.44MB formatted data capacity (HD).
Format the diskette according to its specified capacity.
Write–Protecting 3.5–Inch Diskettes
Write–protecting diskettes is necessary so that important information is not
accidentally lost.
When diskettes are write–protected, you can read information from the diskettes, but
you cannot write information on to them.
There is a write–protect tab on the 3.5–inch diskette.
To locate the write–protect tab, turn the diskette over with the label facing down.
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To prevent writing onto a diskette, slide the write–protect tab, to open the protect
slot.
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