RE: CBM 8280

From: Geoff Oltmans (oltmansg_at_email.uah.edu)
Date: 1999-08-30 21:38:43

On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Bo Zimmerman wrote:

> > I thought the "QD" format on 5.25" disks still used DD disks, only with
> > double the number of tracks (80 vs. 40)?
> >
> > I use QD format on DD 3.5" disks on one of my ADAM disk drives, and they
> > work fine.
> >
> > *Geoff!*
> 
> Well, I've definitely seen a 5.25" disk marked "Quad Density" before.  I'm
> not sure where I picked it up, but since it didn't work in my 8250, and the
> DD disks I was using DID work, I didn't worry about that format any further.

Come to think of it, I do have a set of disks that may be considered QD.
It's from a DEC Professional 350 computer. DEC RX50 I believe is the model
number. It holds something like a meg or something like that. That may be
a QD disk because I know they don't work very well in some drives, like
the 1541 for example.

Later!

*Geoff!*


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