Are NC200 disks MS-DOS compatible?
The Amstrad NC200 formats standard 3″ disks in a 720kb MS-DOS format that can be used in PCs and other computers that support this filing system. Most PCs support both the 720kb and 1.4Mb formats; one of my PCs shows a green light when it is using a 1.4Mb disk and an orange light when it is using a 720kb disk. If you insert a 720kb disk into a PC that cannot support 720kb disks, it will assume that it is unformatted and prompt you to format it in the 1.4Mb format. 720kb disks only have one hole in the bottom left-hand corner; if you have disks with two holes, you must cover the right-hand hole with tape before the PC will let you format it as 720kb. Note that when the NC200 formats a disk, it automatically creates a new directory on it called “NOTEBOOK”. Files copied to the disk from the NC200 will automatically be placed in this directory unless you specify otherwise.
