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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
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Subject: Re;Re: 80-track Half-tracking drives
Message-ID: <1962@ihnss.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 13:16:34 EST
Article-I.D.: ihnss.1962
Posted: Fri Mar 16 13:16:34 1984
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Okay.  I didn't really expect to get away with 80 track storage, but I
thought it was worth checking out for these reasons:
1) Really understanding the har & firmware, as for writing own special
disk drivers
2) Obvious utility in cracking protection schemes
3) Aid in salvaging data from a disk written on another drive that was
way out of alignment (by more than 1/4 track); you could get closer to the
data using the in-between positions.

	Companies that sell copy-protected software without backup copies
should be stoned to death.  We all gather around them with our rocks;
the Coco owner who has never accepted or given copyrighted pirate software
gets the 1st throw.  Sounds like a dull afternoon.	mike k