18 Jan
2005
18 Jan
'05
10:42 a.m.
Umm, the RX50s and Altos 580 floppies you've used
are 80-track (96tpi)
disks just like 1.2MB floppies. 360k floppies are 40-track (48tpi)
disks. So, they're the same track width as a 1.2MB disk, not a 360k
disk.
To be _really_ pedantic, both are 80 track disks.
The normal PC 360K disk is 40 _cylinders_ with 2 tracks per cylinder
(double sided), 48tpi (should this strictly be 48 cpi?)
The RX50 is 80 _cylinders_, 1 track per cylinder (single sided), 96 tpi.
It's the number of cylinders that matters.
-tony