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From: wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland)
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Subject: Re:  Kaypro disk with unix dd command
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Date: 27 Oct 90 20:36:47 GMT
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In article <9010261511.AA21388@icf.llnl.gov.llnl.gov> rzh@ICF.LLNL.GOV (R. Hanscom) writes:
>snipehunt%maple.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu writes:
>> I think that a problem you'll run into is that the Kaypro's system tracks
>> are single density, even though the rest of the disk is double density.
>Is this correct??  I've never seen a Kaypro diskette like this.  I thought
>that Cromemco was the only vendor to pull this trick!!  What's the scoop??

The only Kaypros that used single-density system tracks were the original
Kaycomp II's -- they had single-density drives.  I think that the Xerox
double-density formats had single-density boot tracks.  I have a friend
who put several 820-II's together, and I'll ask him about it (he still
has his Big Board, but he uses an Amiga now).
--
			    Jeff Wieland
			wieland@ecn.purdue.edu