2 Feb
2008
2 Feb
'08
5:25 p.m.
> I asked Gary Kildall, "Now that most
commercial machines are going to
> 5.25 inch disks, what is the STANDARD format for 5.25?"
> He answered, "8 inch single sided single density."
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Can you do that on a 5.25" disk? What is that,
77 tracks, I forget how many
sectors...
IF your disk controller is "cooperative". The "1.2M" drive is almost
the
same as an 8" drive.
'course, his remark was during the days of 48 tpi 35 track 5.25", . . .