Five and quarter drives

[Steve Thatcher]

a 80 track drive can be either a high density drive or a double density 
drive... just because it can step 80 tracks does not mean that it is a 
1.2meg drive.

At 07:14 PM 02/11/2005, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
>Huh?
>  When I step a 80 track drive on my tester, it goes
>80 tracks. When I step 40 it goes 40. When a PC reads
>a 360K disk on a 1.2M drive it double steps the tracks.
>  Also, not mentioned is that I believe the rotation
>rate is different for the two drive. (360/300 rpm or something)
>Dwight