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Subject: Formatting options question
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 02:12:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  9 02:12:11 1987
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Keywords: dcformat fast 82 track 10 sector


On trying DCFORMAT(Thanks, Mike), I noticed a lot of options exist for
formatting disks. You can get the most storage using 82 tracks with 10
sectors but there must be a catch.  What is it?  Can you get fast mode
to work with 10 sectors or does fast depend on a 9 sector format?  What
about 82 tracks?  Does FAST work?  Can you damage the drive (are you
using a bad part of the diskette) when addressing 82 tracks?

Thanks,

Bart