Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Sun Jan 18, 2026 15:59

@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
  By: Mortar to Rob Mccart on Sun Jan 18 2026 03:38 pm

 Mo> The technology to make 3.5" disks had improved over 5.25" disks.  Stepper
 Mo> moters had more finer control, enabling them to create more tracks, along
 Mo> with data compression techniques.

In the early 90s, there was a DOS program called fdformat that would format floppy disks to slightly higher capacity.  I thought it was cool to have a bit more storage space on a floppy disk with that, until I found that the floppies formatted with it weren't very reliable, so I went back to formatting them with standard utilities.  It was more of a software/formatting thing rather than hardware though.

Nightfox

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