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Subject: Re: Installing an operating system on the 11/83 - update.
From: Jay Jaeger via cctalk <cctalk () classiccmp ! org>
Date: 2022-02-23 5:16:10
Message-ID: 74F3550E-806C-45AD-BE13-6353A6BCC427 () charter ! net
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> On Feb 22, 2022, at 22:59, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 10:43 PM Jay Jaeger via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> Writing a 360KB or RX50 diskette with a 1.2MB drive is a path to a lot
>> of frustration. Not only do you have to double step the drive (software
>> often takes care of that part), but the tracks written will be narrower
>> than a real RX50 / 306KB drive...
>
> A real RX50 is an 80-track drive. You are correct that writing a
> "360K" floppy on a high-density drive is not a good idea, but a real
> RX50 _is_ 80 tracks, just single-sided, for a total of 400KB per disk.
>
Yeah, I had forgotten that.
> -ethan
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