Date   : Thu, 15 Feb 1990 17:07:07 GMT
From   : orc!mipos3!cadev5!dbraun@decwrl.dec.com (Doug Braun ~)
Subject: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters

In article <2756@lll-lcc.UUCP> rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom) writes:
>
>Does anybody have the vital statistics on Kaypro 5.25" DSDD
>floppies??  Things like sectors/trk, BSH, etc.  I believe they
>should be about 390K with 10, 512b sectors/track.  I'm trying
>to write a BIOS that will use the Kaypro format.  What is the
>interleave for this format??
>

How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?

I recently got a 5.25" floppy controller for my CP/M computer
(which normally uses 8" SSSD), but it can only read 8 and 9 sectors per
track.  Does anyone know a resonably popular CP/M format that I could adopt,
and thus interchange my 5" disks with somebody?

I remain, etc.,


Doug Braun                             Intel Corp CAD
                                       408 765-4279

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