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- From: norm@bnr.ca (Norm MacNeil)
- Subject: Re: Format.dat and bad math?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.214227.27570@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Originator: norm@bcrks122
- Keywords: format.dat, math
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <1992Sep8.132203.5805@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:42:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep8.132203.5805@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>, weingart@inf.ethz.ch (Tobias Weingartner) writes:
- > Hello, I we have a format.dat file here with an
- > entry that looks a little bogus.
- > Can anyone verify that this entry is correct or
- > incorrect.
- >
- > Thanks in advance.
- >
- > disk_type = "NEC D2363" \
- > : ctlr = XY450 : fmt_time = 4 \
- > : ncyl = 964 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 1024 : nhead = 27 : nsect = 67 \
- > : rpm = 3600 : bpt = 40960 : bps = 600 : drive_type = 2
- >
- > --Toby.
-
- This is exactly the entry we have however I have never dealt with the NEC drives
- so I wouldn't know if this is bogus or not. But it is part of the default
- format.dat that comes with the SUN tapes.
-
- Norm.
-
- P.S. Calling NEC tech support would confirm this as well or your local SUN rep
- (cough, cough)
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