6 Oct
2005
6 Oct
'05
11:15 p.m.
On 10/6/2005 at 10:26 PM Fred Cisin wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
What surprised me is the way that the extra 3.5" data space was obtained. Always
by boosting the data rate (mandating the need for new coating formulations). Never by
increasing the number of tracks or changing the encoding method.
The 2.88MB DSED diskettes were ridiculous--expensive AND unreliable.
But point taken--the attractiveness of the floppy medium is that it's CHEAP. I've
owned several LS-120 drives, but have never purchased a 120 MB SuperDisk.
Cheers,
Chuck
The highest density 8" media I ever had was
DSDD, or
720K on the big 8" surface.
approximately 1.2M