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From: xxwwxx@mixcom.COM (Tim and Tim Company)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What kind of drive is this? (QUERY)
Message-ID: <1095@mixcom.COM>
Date: 29 Jun 91 14:27:38 GMT
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In article <1163@redford.UUCP> bill@redford.UUCP (Bill Poitras(X258)) writes:
>I have a half-height 5-1/4" hard drive which has the following
>information printed on it:
>	Model: DK503-2
>	13MB
>	(10MB)
>	Tokico LTD.
>
>Can anyone give me info on this drive?  Why the 13MB/10MB.  What format
>is it (OK MFM sounds like a good guess, but it doesn't hurt to ask.)

Yes, this is an MFM drive.  I has 306 cyls., 4 heads, 2 platters, no
WPC.  It looks like it would be 10M for IBM and 13M for CP/M, as it is
a very old drive.  Actually the source I have says it's 17M unformatted,
10.46M formatted IBM.

>
>Thanks in advance.

No problem, always willing to help.


-- 
Tim
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