Need help with retrieving data from a DOS 2.11 formated

From: Stan Barr <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Tue May 8 01:51:00 2001

Hi,

ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) said:

> >
> > It sounds to me like it would be quite a non-standard format,
> > as I don't believe DOS 2.11 supports the 1.44meg format. Anyone
> > else?
>
> Yes, that bothered me as well....
>
> Also, most machines that run MS-DOS 2.11 are XTs. Which may well not
> support high density drives at all (yes, I know there are high density
> controllers for XT machines, but they're not that common).

According to an old Peter Norton book, Dos 2.1 only supported 320(!)
and 360K disks. Support for 720 and 1200K came with DOS3.

XTs had to use a separate device driver for the higher densities.
-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Tue May 08 2001 - 01:51:00 BST

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