From: "William Donzelli" <aw288_at_osfn.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: origins of IBM 3740 diskette format
> > The way I see it, it is rubbish.
>
> The book says one diskette can hold 1898 records (cards). Almost a full
> box.
>
Well, that is exactly what I said : 73 x 26. Thats why you cant say that it
was developped with a full box of cards in mind. On top of that comes the
fact that the smallest sectorsize supported is 128 bytes, while (most) cards
are 80 bytes
Nico
Received on Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:02:01 GMT