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From: ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jinmo Ahn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SCSI formatter
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Date: 16 Feb 91 00:36:54 GMT
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    I always wondered why NeXTstation Quantum 105 has 512 byte sectors. 
I heard somewhere that the NeXT recommends 1024 byte sectors.  I also
have a third party Maxtor XT8760S with 512 byte sectors which on bootup
tells me its a 639 meg drive. Shouldn't it be 660?
    I like to know how much of a capacity I will gain on each drive, and
if there are any dangers involved.

Jim.
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu
jim@stealth.andrew.cmu.edu (NeXT)