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Article #5854DOS 3.1 Diskette Parameters Query
From: CJS
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1986 10:06
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1986 10:06
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I thought I remembered reading something about different parameters
for diskettes under DOS 3.1 as compared to 2.1, but I cannot find the
information.
I have a half dozen floppies with some files that cannot be read with
3.1, but are copied fine with 2.1. Same physical drive. These are
Tandon or IBM 360k full-height (antique) drives. Using vanilla DOS
COPY command. A Toshiba half-height drive reads the same files fine.
Errors are "Data error reading . . ." and "Sector not found . . .".
The drives run slower under 3.1. Does anyone have information about
patches that may help?
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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Christopher J. Sacksteder, The Pennsylvania State University,
Computation Center, 122 Computer Building, University Park, PA 16802
Bitnet: CJS at PSUVM
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