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From: DavisCS
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1986 16:43

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Would someone please provide some enlightenment -

Just recently I began working with a 6300+ with a 1.2Mb drive. Knowing
that the drive also had 360kb capabilies I assumed that translated to
UNIX=1.2Mb and MS-DOS=360kb. Now I see that I can format diskettes for
either density for both OSs. When do I use which for what? And if I'm
using the diskette copy option, how do I tell what density I'm copying
from?

A related issue - I have 48 TPI DS-DD diskettes and 96 TPI DS-DD
diskettes. Are these only for 360kb operations and is the difference
simply quality? What must I use when I write at 1.2Mb?

Scott   ihnp4!drutx!dsc

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