3 Jun
2007
3 Jun
'07
10:54 a.m.
On Sunday 03 June 2007 06:38, Grant Stockly wrote:
Were single sided single density 5.25" disks
~70k? The 3.5" drive does
sound different than it usually does. : )
Well, my recollection is that the single-sided disks on my Osborne held 183K.
A single-sided "pc" disk held roughly 180K as well, so half of that would be
90K. Those were 9 sectors/track, and I seem to remember an 8 sectors/track
format as well, giving 80K? Not too far off, I guess.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
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