Memorex – when diskettes with a label “media density: high” are not High Density Diskettes.

#diskettes #floppy #retrocomputing #MediaExegesis

And with proper software support, you can get ~880 KB out of usable space with a FAT12 file system on 3.5“ DD disks (1 MB raw capacity):
• Hyperformat on the ST pioneered this (Claus Brod, Jürgen Stessun)
• Bitte ein Bit (Uland Täffner)
• FCopy Pro (Martin Backschat)
• FDFORMAT.EXE (Christoph H. Hochstätter)

Which software did you use back then and now to increase the efficiency of your diskette media?

@3rz @dirksteins Hyperformat - of course!