Re: Disk Speed

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From: John T. Grieggs
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1989 21:09

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In article <1666@blake.acs.washington.edu> a360ad@blake.acs.washington.edu (Gnurr) writes:

>I don't own an ASTRA, but i recall talking to
>the "owner" several months back and he said
>that the drives use a VERY extended format,
>something on the order of 900k+.  

Huh?  There is no special format associated with the internal floppy.  It
is just a normal drive.  Who did you talk to?  Everyone there knows better,
supposedly...

_john

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