Subj : Re: Big nostalgia hits
To   : Spectre
From : Bob Worm
Date : Tue Nov 21 2023 10:03:13

  Re: Re: Big nostalgia hits
  By: Spectre to Bob Worm on Tue Nov 21 2023 18:34:00

Hi, Spec.

 > Most drives, at least the original Disk ]['s could also cope
 > with more than 24 tracks, patch the DOS to allow more some would
 > do 25/6 out of box otherwise you could wind in the stop and get
 > a few extra tracks.

It's crazy the lengths we used to go to for an extra 1KB. I remember saying to someone years ago - imagine if we squeezed the juice out of modern hardware the way we used to out of 8 bit computers. Flying cars and stuff.

BobW
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