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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: diskspare more
- Date: 6 Feb 1996 05:18:19 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
- Message-ID: <1303.6609T1203T2350@netspace.net.au>
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- >Another note regarding the DiskSpareDevice (DISKSP16.lha) program
- >I mentioned earlier. The author does not mention anywhere in his
- >docs that if you format the disk using FFS.. you can actually get
- >991K per disk! YEP!.. 991k from -ANY- amiga low-density floppy.
- >Don't bother checking the capacity with "info".. it'll tell you
- >983k no matter what. How do I know that 991k will fit? I split
- >some files up into pieces.. and successfully copied a 991k
- >file to ds0: anything more would not fit.
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- >The great thing about disksparedevice is that you can just mount
- >it and forget about it! it's just like cross-dos.
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- >Again, I applaud author Klaus Deppisch for his effort! And advise
- >anyone interested in getting the most from there floppy drives to
- >check the program out!
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- Just be aware you're using extra tracks that may not have been verified by the
- disk producers. Most disks are only specified to format correctly with 80
- tracks. You may be lucky enough to have them work for a while, or even
- forever, but a hard drive or ZIP disk is a far better solution.
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