13 Sep
2012
13 Sep
'12
1:51 a.m.
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I think what some are missing is that that 1024 byte
sector size was
customarily used with a 360 RPM spindle speed (1.23/1.3 MB 3.5"
format). AKA NEC PC98 format, although it wasn't restricted to NEC
machines.
It wasn't even restricted to the NEC PC98 format.
In "720K" mode (300 RPM, 250K bits per second), you could run 5 sectors of
1024 bytes each, and get 800K per disk.
What was the sector size of the "1.7M" "IMD" distribution formats?