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- From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
- Subject: Re: Pro/Venix Installation
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.085853.5560@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 08:58:53 GMT
- References: <1992Aug29.194138.12101@news.columbia.edu> <1992Aug31.045249.21387@rata.vuw.ac.nz>
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- Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
- Organization: Columbia University
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- In article <1992Aug31.045249.21387@rata.vuw.ac.nz> don@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Don Stokes) writes:
- >lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner) writes:
- >> Isn't RD52 the Quantum 540? This is a 30-odd meg disk. The RD53 is a
- >> Micropolis 1325 and is 64 Megs formatted DEC style. (Often called a 70-
- >> something Meg disk elsewhere. DEC's penchant for 16 sectors instead of
- >> 17 causes this sized disk's "penalty" to be noticeable.)
- >
- >Eh, wot? Is this just a Pro problem? My RD53 formats to 17 sectors just
- >fine on my VAXstation II at home (RQDX3 controller).
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- The DECmates and Rainbows (and apparently PROs) format to 16 sectors/track,
- not 17 like most applications. Thus, a large disk looks "smaller" than a
- smaller disk looks smaller still.
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- cjl
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