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Article #31405Disk formats (continued)
From: Charles S. Roberson
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 15:30
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1988 15:30
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I decided to do some quick computation to determine what I should be getting
when I format with TOS, Twister, and DCformat. Here is what I got:
PGM sect. siz sects/track tracks sides TOTAL
-------- --------- ----------- ------ ----- -------
TOS 512 9 80 2 737,280
Twister 512 10 80 2 819,200
DCformat 512 9 82 2 755,712
DCformat 512 10 82 2 839,680
(*) DCformat also offers the 9/80 and 10/80 sector/track combinations.
If memory serves me correctly, TOS usually reports something on the order
of 736,xxx bytes availble for use, so I assume some of the storage is going
to overhead. What about totals that I gave in my earlier message that I
received from "Show Info..."? Why are they so odd (almost literally)?
Thanks,
-chip
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ICASE.ARPA!csrobe From: csrobe@ICASE.ARPA (Charles S. Roberson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Disk formats (continued) Message-ID: <8803211530.AA15981@work15.icase> Date: 21 Mar 88 15:30:33 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25