On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, Roger Merchberger wrote:
> At 10:26 PM 8/30/97 -0700, Don wrote:
>
> >The Drivetec drives were a bit of a marvel for the time. They were 5.25"
> >floppy drives that recorded at 192 tpi (tracks per inch) - twice that of
> >the present day 1.2 and 1.44mb drives.
>
> Don,
> A small nit to pick, but _all_ 3.5" floppies are 135 tracks/inch. This is
> true from my SSSD 200K Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2 for my Tandy 200, all
> the way up to 2.88Meg 3.5" floppy drives.
No, I meant exactly what I said - and for the record, 1.44mb 3.5" and 1.2
5.25" floppy drives are 96 tracks/inch (tpi), not 135.
> As far as I know, there weren't any (or at least not many) 1.44Meg 5.25"
> drives ever built, so I am assuming you were referring to the 3.5" floppy
> drive when you listed the later size.
>
> HTH,
> "Merch"
> --
> Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
> Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not*
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>
- don
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