Needed: 1 IBM 8" alignment disk. - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

29 Nov 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Al Kossow &lt;aek(a)spies.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: Needed: 1 IBM 8" alignment disk.

...
 "I'd be willing to bet that the Sykes hardware
in question isn't
capable of formatting a raw 8" floppy."

Is there any reason to beleive this device used standard SD soft-sectored
discs, and wrote in the same format as IBM used? 
Yes, the drive was *sold* on the fact that it was IBM compatible...
Remember, I *can* get it to read in a sector once in awhile...

They recommend using IBM 128byte record floppy disks. (what was available in
1974)

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