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From: rzh@ICF.LLNL.GOV (R. Hanscom)
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Subject: Re: 3.5inch HD disk formats: Why not 11*1024
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:46:52 GMT
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ralph@uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu (Ralph Becker-Szendy) writes:

>   stuff deleted
>A while ago there was a long discussion in this space about what the
>maximum usefull capacity of a 3.5" disk in HD mode should be. I
>   more stuff deleted

Great, but has anybody actually swapped a 3.5" drive for an 8" drive
and gotten it to work as an 8" drive (I admit that it wastes part
of the 3.5" drive!)??  There is *SOME* attraction in replacing noisy
8" power hogs with newer, quieter hardware *WITHOUT THE ADDED HASSLE
OF SOFTWARE MODIFICATION*.  Part B of the question is, what is the
wiring mod. on the drive connector??

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