3B2 Floppy Drive

[Stephen J. Friedl]

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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