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Re: 10 sectors/track

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From: Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder ...
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 19:41
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In article <1991Apr7.043416.20338@cs.mcgill.ca> depeche@cs.mcgill.ca (Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder Kit) writes:
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>So my question is: are there programs out there for MS-Dos which will
>format and copy 3.5" disks with 10 sectors per track (or 20 sectors per
>track for High-Density)?  Or does this cause problems with compatibility?
>
I am following up to my own mesage now..
From some help from fellow users, I found fdformt2 on
msdos.archive.umich.edu [141.211.168.70] which does the trick quite nicely.
thanks for your help!

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|S. Alan Ezust		: McGill University School of Computer Science      |
|depeche@cs.mcgill.ca	:	     Montreal, Quebec, Canada		    |
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