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From: gribble@cica.cica.indiana.edu (gribble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 1.44M vs 720K floppy compatibility
Message-ID: <994@cica.cica.indiana.edu>
Date: 7 May 90 14:02:29 GMT
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Organization: Center for Innov. Comp. Appl., Bloomington, IN
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1st, read the DOS manual it explains all of this quite clearly.
the correct line should be format b: /n:9 /t:80;  this formats
a 720kb disk in a 1.44mb drive (pages 7-128-129 IBM DOS Reference V3.30).

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