Parallel port hard drives?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Mar 26 10:54:04 2000

<>Are you using a 1.2MB floppy drive to write a 360K floppy disk?
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<Yes, but I used the drive (1.2Mb) to format it to 360K.
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<David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian.

There lies your error. 360k floppies are 48tpi, 1.2mb floppies are 96tpi.
The intertrack spacing is different, head width is different.

Find a real 360k drive, try again.

These young apprentices... ;)

Allison
Received on Sun Mar 26 2000 - 10:54:04 BST