Floppy disks again

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Oct 4 13:50:53 1999

Allison wrote:
> The window size was older media when did drives didn't ahve more than 35
> tracks. LAter drives that had 40 tracks needed a longer window or the
> head would hit it. Had nothing to do with QD as that was more tracks
> fitted to the same recoring area as 40 track (the 100 tpi were very
> close).

I'm skeptical; in all the time I've bought 5.25 inch floppy diskettes
(since 1976), I've NEVER seen one that had a shorter head window.
I'd be willing to pay $20 for such a diskette for my collection.

I've seen plenty of DRIVES that couldn't step past tracks 34-36, but
that was a mechanical limitation of the drive.
Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 13:50:53 BST