removable mass storage ( Syquest, Floptical )

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From: Lawrence Kirby
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 00:56

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In article <5634@krafla.rhi.hi.is> adamd@rhi.hi.is writes:

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>In <1ej06qINNd7g@iraul1.ira.uka.de> S_TILLENBURG@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Stephan> Tillenburg) writes:
>
>>I read flopticals can read only MS-DOS standard formats
>>( 9 sectors per track on DD and 18  sectors per track on HD )
>>but you can't read 10 sectors per track on DD - disks
>
>Is this a limitation of the device driver / filing system software on the
>computer, or of the embedded SCSI firmware on the drive? It seems to me that
>it is a question of whether the filing system recognises the disks rather
>than a limitation of the drives.

This an issue in the Floptical's firmware. I was in contact with an Insite rep.
on Compuserve and he was aware of Acorn and this issue.

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