Wild-hair floppy drive question

[Eric Smith]

Doc asks:
>    Would a DSHD floppy drive with a DSHD disk in it

You mean a 96 TPI high-density 5.25" disk and drive (e.g., IBM 1.2M format
that was introduced with the PC/AT)?

> look like a 5.25" DSQD drive to an Altos 580?
> IOW, could I just plug it in and go?

By DSQD you mean a 96 TPI standard-density double-side drive?

If so, not reliably.  You should use a standard-density floppy diskette
in the high-density drive; that should work fine.

Eric