Date   : Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:16:35 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: Please put my mind to rest!

In article <060119015504@...>,
   Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> > Message-ID: <10601172011.ZM29605@...>
>  
> Pete Turnbull <pete@...> wrote:
> > > They would quite happily tell me what was on the disks when
> > > using a *CAT 
>  
> > I bet you have an 80-track drive and some 40-track disks, or
> > vice-versa.  Either combination will give you exactly that effect --
> > able to read track zero but no other.
>  
> Very sneaky and not to be relied on:
>  
> After doing *CAT do PRINT ?&F07. A 40 track disk is likely to
> return 144 and an 80-track disk is likely to return 32.

Does OSWord &7E fail with an error if you get 80/40 muddled up? Or is it
actually useful in returning regardless?
Sprow.