>>Anybody ever see anything that uses hard sector 5 1/4 disks? I've only
>>ever
>>seen one in my lifetime - just curious if they were ever used anywhere
>>else
>>(the one I saw was used to load microcode into a mainframe CPU)
>I've got a Northstar Advantage that uses them...anyone know where to get
>hard sector disks these days?
I was just about to say, I seem to recall that my old Northstar used them
(although I can't remember if it was an Advantage or a Horizon, it was a
black boxie CPM machine with screen, keyboard and floppy drive all in one
unit).
I also think the Apple II had a hard sector option (had to load a special
disk to activate it... or was that 13 sector... or are they the same
thing?)
-chris
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