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From: rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Formatting non-standard diskettes?
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 13:21:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 16 13:21:08 1985
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I suggest you take a look at the Intel data sheets for the 8272 (or even
better, the NEC ones for the UPD765). These tell you quite a lot.

A  small  point. I  believe  that there is no difference in the physical
formatting between disks formatted on DOS 2.x upwards with  and  without
the  /8 switch. The difference is only in the BIOS paramter block in the
boot sector, which says to only use eight sectors/track. Of course, real
DOS 1.x disks do only have 8 sectors/track!
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           Bob Eager

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