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Article #375Re: How to format 10 sectors per track?
From: Peter Fales
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 01:34
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 01:34
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In article <BsrHI7.E16@cs.psu.edu> mchen@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen) writes: > > Help! I'm trying to write a utility to format disks for my EPS sampler. It >uses 10 sectors per track. I've tried BIOS 0x13 function 0x18 to set the media To fit 10 sectors on a track, you have to reduce the size of the inter-record gaps. I know this is possible, because I have seen at least two packages (JFORMAT and MAXI-FORM) that will do this. However, the BIOS routines probably aren't smart enough for this, so you will need to go straight to the hardware. Find a a good book, and start playing. Good luck. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 9C-242 N9IYJ 2000 N. Naperville Rd. UUCP: ...att!ihlpb!psfales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: psfales@ihlpb.ih.att.com work: (708) 979-8031
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Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!cbnewsc!psfales From: psfales@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Peter Fales) Subject: Re: How to format 10 sectors per track? Organization: AT&T Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 01:34:20 GMT Message-ID: <1992Aug13.013420.27106@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> References: <BsrHI7.E16@cs.psu.edu> Lines: 17