Re: Installing an operating system on the 11/83 - update.

[Jay Jaeger via cctalk]

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> On Feb 22, 2022, at 22:59, Ethan Dicks <ethan.di...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 10:43 PM Jay Jaeger via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> Writing a 360KB or RX50 diskette with a 1.2MB drive is a path to a lot
>> of frustration.  Not only do you have to double step the drive (software
>> often takes care of that part), but the tracks written will be narrower
>> than a real RX50 / 306KB drive...
> 
> A real RX50 is an 80-track drive.  You are correct that writing a
> "360K" floppy on a high-density drive is not a good idea, but a real
> RX50 _is_ 80 tracks, just single-sided, for a total of 400KB per disk.
> 

Yeah, I had forgotten that.  

> -ethan