Datatech Enterprises 386/25, User Manual

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Floppy Disks
With a floppy disk drive you can format and use double-sided (or
single-sided) double-density (or high-density) floppy disks.
One double-sided double-density 5.25” floppy disk can store up to
360KB of data. One double-sided high-density 5.25” floppy disk can
store up to 1.2MB of data.
to 72OKB of data.
One standard 3.5’ floppy disk can store up
One high-density 3.5” floppy disk can store up to
1.44MB of data.
Quality
Tracks Per Inch
Capacity
5.25"
3.5”
Double Density
(DD, DS, RH)
48 TPI 360 KB 720 KB
High Density
(DH)
96 TPI 1.2 MB 1.44 MB
Table 1-2: Floppy Disk Specifications
Note:
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Only high-density floppy disks can be formatted to high
capacities of either 1.2M for 5.25” or 1.44M for 3.5” floppy
disks. You may lose data if you use a low-density floppy
disk formatted for high density.
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You can’t use a high-density disk in a low-density disk drive.
Chapter I: System Overview
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