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From: Phil Paone
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1986 00:33
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1986 00:33
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I recently got a PD program for my 1040 which allows you to format a disk in 809k format. I'm not sure how this is done, but it really slows down drive access time by about half. Does anyone have any experiences with this format and does it hurt the drive in anyway? Phil Paone
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!topaz!paone From: paone@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Phil Paone) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: 809k disk format Message-ID: <5408@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 23-Jul-86 20:33:32 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.5408 Posted: Wed Jul 23 20:33:32 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Jul-86 04:44:49 EDT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 8 Keywords: Does it damage drive?