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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: new floppy format proposal
Message-ID: <1352@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 21:20:22 EST
Article-I.D.: bsu-cs.1352
Posted: Mon Oct 26 21:20:22 1987
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References: <4289@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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In article <4289@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> tim@cit-vax.UUCP (Timothy L. Kay) writes:
>Here is a new idea which is mine.  My idea, which now follows is my idea. :-)
>
>How about defining a new floppy format where the outside of the disk is
>formatted high-density, and the inside is formatted low-density.

The Macintosh already does this on 3.5-inch disks.  Except that the
disk head doesn't see the change in density, because the drive rotates
at different speeds depending on which cylinder is being accessed.
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