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From: mnkonar@gorby.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Murat N. Konar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Drilling holes in DS/DD -> DS/HD
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Date: 20 Dec 89 01:36:43 GMT
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In article <3662@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.UUCP (Mark Wilkins) writes:
>
>  If it is so dangerous to do this hole punching, why is it that at least
>one of the several HD drives shipped with the IBM PS/2 series DO NOT CHECK
>FOR THE HOLE AT ALL AND ASSUME 1.4 MB FORMATTING?

IBM has their collective heads up their collective butts maybe?  

Sorry.  All the flames and stuff getting thrown around in c.s.m over PC vs. Mac
got me excited.



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Murat N. Konar        Honeywell Systems & Research Center, Camden, MN
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