I need a ST-419 hard drive

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Fri Feb 19 00:49:15 1999

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Joe wrote:

> At 02:05 PM 2/18/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >HP was fond of formatting hard drives at 256 bytes/sector. That is likely
> >the case with your ST-419.
>
> Yes, this one uses 256 bytes/sector but wouldn't reformatting it take
> care of that?
 
I would think so if it does its format in the same way that the CP/M
machines that I am familiar with do, Joe. That is, they do both low level
and regular format simultaneously. Some smarter (later) drives resis that
kind of thing, but I do not think that an ST-251 qualifies!

                                                 - don
 
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