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Article #2057Re: Question on 1.44 meg drives...
From: Neil Forsyth
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1989 07:42
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1989 07:42
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In article <8906261817.AA17231@jade.berkeley.edu>WSCART01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes: > I suppose most of you are aware of 1.44 Meg drives out for the IBM. They >use 160 tracks instead of the 80 tracks normal drives. I thought 4HD drives meant quad density. ie. 18 sectors/track instead of 9 but still 80 tracks. Anyone want confirm/deny this? _____________________________________________________________________________ / DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own \ ! "I think all right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of ! ! being told that ordinary decent people are fed up in this country with ! ! being sick and tired. I'm certainly not and I'm sick and tired of being ! ! told that I am!" - Monty Python ! ! ! ! Neil Forsyth JANET: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs ! ! Dept. of Computer Science ARPA: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk ! ! Heriot-Watt University UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil ! ! Edinburgh, Scotland !
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!hwcs!neil From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Question on 1.44 meg drives... Message-ID: <2682@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> Date: 27 Jun 89 07:42:57 GMT References: <8906261817.AA17231@jade.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 17