[torontocbm] Re: Looking for 5 1/4" floppies
- From: echorny <chorny@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:30:27 -0500
As John said the standard is 48 tpi.
To round things out the 1001/8050/8250 drives want 96 tpi (according to
Commodore) although I have use 48 tpi but without knowing the long term
storage situation.
Ernie
> From: Leif Bloomquist <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: Schema Factor
> Reply-To: leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:22:45 -0500
> To: "torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Looking for 5 1/4" floppies
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> I have another question for the group: What is the TPI (tracks-per
> inch) for Commodore disks? I believe it's 48 TPI, but I've seen that
> number on both single density and double density disks. Can anyone
> clarify this?
>
>
> Leif
>
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