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From: doug@edge.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM PS/2
Message-ID: <924@edge.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 19:59:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: edge.924
Posted: Mon Aug 24 19:59:15 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Aug-87 05:43:22 EDT
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Organization: Edge Computer Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ
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] > > a PS/2-50!  I fully expected the "density identification hole" on the
] > > 2M diskettes to be read by the drive, but, sigh, no.
] > 
] > You will find that now, DOS 3.3 is smart enough to use the hardware
] > to check to see if the diskette is actually a 2M diskette.
] 
] I tried exactly this on my model 50 and I didn't get the same results.

I don't know nothin' about this, but Electronic Engineering Times ran a
front-page story last week about how everyone in the industry's complaining
because IBM did NOT put a media sensor in the PS/2.  They claim that IBM
figures you users are supposed to be smart enough to know if you've got
1MB or 2MB media.
-- 
Doug Pardee, Edge Computer Corp; ihnp4!mot!edge!doug, seismo!ism780c!edge!doug