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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Question on 1.44 meg drives...
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Date: 27 Jun 89 07:42:57 GMT
References: <8906261817.AA17231@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
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In article <8906261817.AA17231@jade.berkeley.edu>WSCART01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes:
> I suppose most of you are aware of 1.44 Meg drives out for the IBM. They
>use 160 tracks instead of the 80 tracks normal drives.

I thought 4HD drives meant quad density. ie. 18 sectors/track instead of 9 but
still 80 tracks. Anyone want confirm/deny this?

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