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From: wilker@gauss.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson)
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Subject: Re: Miniscribe 3650 Hard Drive
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Date: 5 Feb 91 04:25:19 GMT
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Some disk controllers have a jumper to enable sector translation
on the fly so that the drive will look like 17 sectors/track to
the outside world. So it adjusts the number of cylinders up to
account for the increased capacity.