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  1. Followup-To: comp.emulators.mac.executor,poster
  2. Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 19:45:26 +0100
  3. Organization: Private Demon dialup
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  5. Message-ID: <319631C6.3D6B3857@yoshac.demon.co.uk>
  6. References: <31842e67.22965163@news.sprynet.com> <4n2m4t$9va@nadine.teleport.com>
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  13. To: executor@ardi.com
  14. X-MailNews-Gateway: From newsgroup comp.emulators.mac.executor
  15. Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com
  16. Precedence: bulk
  17.  
  18. Ryan Myers wrote:
  19. > 
  20. > 
  21. >The reason Executor can't read 800K's is because when PC's only could
  22. >cram 720K on a disk, they decided to physically write more tracks on
  23. >the inside of the disk.
  24.  
  25. Actually, I think they did it by varing the speed at which the data
  26. is written to the disk, depending on how far out the head is from
  27. the centre of the disk.
  28.  
  29. Iain
  30.  
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