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From: gp310ad@prism.gatech.EDU (ROBERT DUCKWORTH)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Can I Low Level Format my MFM drive with 17 < SECTORS < 26 ?
Message-ID: <24664@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 91 19:17:30 GMT
References: <5832@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1991Mar16.022315.28142@digi.lonestar.org> <5855@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1991Mar19.135057.2372@news.larc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Just to add some wood to the fire. The 17 sector/track assumes 512 byte
sectors. If you make them smaller, you can have more. For instance, I
have ESDI drives with 128 byte sectors. Can't get 4 times as many as the 512 byte, but it's close.
;-)
Bob

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Bob Duckworth                            -everything you know is wrong-
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, 30332
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