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Re: Minix, 2nd HD

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From: Gern
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1989 19:22
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Thats easy to explain.  Z-100 uses one more sector/track than the PC
world uses, so cross connecting formatted Hard disks won't work.

A Seagate ST-225 on a XT or AT formats to 20.0 MBytes.  On a Z-100 that
same drive formats to 22.5MBytes.

Gern
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