User's Manual

Choosing Diskettes for the Apex
With the floppy disk drives on the Apex, you must use
514-inch, double-sided, double-density 48 TPI (tracks
per inch) diskettes. These diskettes are compatible with
those used for the IBM PC. This means you can use
diskettes on the Apex that were prepared
another IBM-compatible computer.
For the best results, use only high-quality
and used on
diskettes
with reinforced hub rings—the added reliability is well
worth the extra cost. Be sure to select diskettes that
are double-sided, double-density. Each diskette of this
kind can hold 360KB of data, the equivalent of about
150 pages of text.
Whatever your diskette requirements are, you need to
format new diskettes before you can use them with
MS-DOS. The process of formatting erases all data on
a diskette and prepares it to receive new data, so be
sure to format only new blank diskettes or diskettes
that contain data you want to erase. Refer to Chapter
4 (or your MS-DOS manual) for instructions on how
to format diskettes.
Using Diskettes and Disk Drives
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