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From: dbraun@cadev5.intel.com (Doug Braun ~)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
Message-ID: <1647@mipos3.intel.com>
Date: 15 Feb 90 17:07:07 GMT
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In article <2756@lll-lcc.UUCP> rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom) writes:
>
>Does anybody have the vital statistics on Kaypro 5.25" DSDD
>floppies??  Things like sectors/trk, BSH, etc.  I believe they
>should be about 390K with 10, 512b sectors/track.  I'm trying
>to write a BIOS that will use the Kaypro format.  What is the
>interleave for this format??
>

How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?

I recently got a 5.25" floppy controller for my CP/M computer
(which normally uses 8" SSSD), but it can only read 8 and 9 sectors per
track.  Does anyone know a resonably popular CP/M format that I could adopt,
and thus interchange my 5" disks with somebody?

I remain, etc.,


Doug Braun				Intel Corp CAD
					408 765-4279

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