30 Dec
2010
30 Dec
'10
10:49 p.m.
On 30 Dec 2010 at 14:44, Fred Cisin wrote:
. . . and also, disks that were used on one system and
then reused on
a different one. The first side has a different format than the
second side, nine sectors per track with 8 used for a different file
system than the ninth, or a bogus MS-DOS directory left behind on
track 0 and a CP/M directory on track 2.
. . . or calling 3.5" diskettes "hard-sector"
. . . or calling 40 cylinder DSDD "Quad", and calling 80 cylinder
DSDD "SD"! (Superbrain)
Or including ZIP disks in the mix (it's happened to me) as
"floppies". Fortunately, I haven't yet gotten any SuperDisks in the
mix.
--Chuck