Re: Floppies

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From: Don Maslin
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 22:25

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>5 1/4 inch
>----------
>       [...]
>- The HD track 0 is about .100" closer to the hub than the DD track 0.
>  Many HD disks don't have acceptable media where track 0 of a DD diskette
>  would be.
>
If that is so, why doesn't a HD drive get 'confused' when reading a DD
diskette?


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