memory refresher on PUTR

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Mon Oct 6 13:30:57 2003

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Eric Smith wrote:

> > I believe it was a program called PUTR that I used on a PC to read/write
> > 5.25 floppy disks to exchange data with my PDP-11/23 that had an RX50
> > drive
> > in it. Should the PC drive be a 360k floppy or a 1.2m floppy?
>
> 1.2M. The RX50 is an 80-track single sided drive, so their is no way
> to read or write the discs in a 40-track 360k drive. But a 1.2M drive
> will work fine.
Hmm.. Jay: I stand corrected. Indeed, they're 80tr, not 40tr...

--f
Received on Mon Oct 06 2003 - 13:30:57 BST