Date   : Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:26:08 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 08:52 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> In article <002901c5898f$02c7bbe0$e63f4e51@...>, Colin
> <cwhill@...> writes
> 
> >When it runs, it lists all the numbers from 0-79 (although the sound changes
> >when it passes 40).
> 
> This indicates that your drive is a 40-track unit.  When you run the
> formatter program, enter "40" as the number of tracks to format.  Don't
> exceed this or you risk damaging the drive.

Best way to check of course is to pull the lid on the drive and see what
the heads are doing if in doubt.

cheers

Jules