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From: ttang@puff.cs.wisc.edu (Theodore Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Disk holes and other strange things (was Re: F-15 Strike Eag)
Message-ID: <1412@puff.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 88 19:27:20 GMT
References: <3037@cup.portal.com> <3186@cup.portal.com> <3255@cup.portal.com>
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Lines: 14
Summary: used only in formatting

The index hole on the floppy disk is used only for formatting purposes so all
tracks remain in sync.  When the disk is read, the hole is not used.  I'm not
sure about writes.


Theodore Tang
University of Wisconsin at Madison

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