Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!brambo!sid
From: sid@brambo.UUCP (Sid Van den Heede)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Modified drives (Was: 3.5" Disk "notcher" wanted)
Message-ID: <580@brambo.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 89 15:36:35 GMT
Reply-To: sid@brambo.UUCP (Sid Van den Heede)
Organization: Bramalea Software Inc., Bramalea, Ont.
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Is the "strategically placed 2mm hole" used by the write electronics or is
it just feedback for software to enquire the type of disk for writing
purposes?  My software allows me to format a DD disk for 1.44Mb but it
starts to have problems near the 20th cylinder.  This suggests to me that
either the media is incapable of the required number of fluxes or that
the switch is used by the electronics.