3B2 Floppy Drive
Stephen J. Friedl
friedl at vsi.COM
Fri Jan 27 16:06:59 AEST 1989
In article <581 at mccc.UUCP>, pjh at mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
>
> Is /dev/rdiskette on a 3B2/400 a 720K device, a 1.4M device, or a 1.2M device?
Let's work it out:
80 tracks 9 blocks 2 tracks 512 bytes 737280 bytes
--------- * -------- * -------- * --------- = ------------
drive track cylinder block drive
So, it's 720k (but you only get to use 79 tracks...)
Steve
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