[Coco] 80 trk drives

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I have extended ADOS-3 and it can be setup for 80 trk drives my question is 
a 80 trk drive a 3 1/2 drive or a 5 1/4 drive


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Watts" <rayanddoraleew at earthlink.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] IDE internal 100mb ZIP drives


> Thanks for further hints.  Now I have something to look for in "pcdos". If 
> the ZIP has to be changed, I think it might be easier to patch the FAT 
> info on the disk.  After all, no one will ever need more than two or three 
> of these disks so fifteen minutes with dEd and the ZIP disks is not a big 
> problem.  Finding the correct patch is.
>
> Cheers,  Griz
>
>
> Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
>> Rumor has it that Willard Goosey may have mentioned these words:
>>
>>> I believe that ZIP disks have a partition table, like a hard drive,
>>> rather than a simple boot/noboot sector 1 like a DOS disk floppy.
>>> Also, I don't know which DOS filesystem (FAT12 or FAT16) would be used
>>> on a 100MB ZIP disk, as compared to a 720K floppy.
>>
>>
>> FAT12 had a 32Meg limit -- I'm quite sure it's FAT16 (as standard) but of 
>> course, can be formatted for anything... I _think_ you could make 3 FAT12 
>> partitions, but that would be a bit counterproductive. ;-)
>>
>> Laterz,
>> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>>
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