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From: throop@hilbert.UUCP (Henry Throop)
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Subject: 1.44 vs 1.60 MB 3.5 formatting
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Date: 8 Dec 90 18:25:18 GMT
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Maybe this has been discussed before, but I don't remember seeing it.  Does
anyone know what the format of a 1.44 MB floppy is based on?  Is it the same
as a 720K (IBM) 3.5, but just with twice the number of tracks, and thus 
a constant angular velocity?  Or is is some variant on the 800K formatting?
Are Mac and IBM 1.44 disks readable (sector-wise) by the same drives?
Thanks.

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