On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, [iso-8859-1] Hársfalvi Levente wrote:
> 8x50 ---> IBM 1.2M: mechanically incompatible (100tpi vs. 96tpi), and
> logically incompatible (GCR vs. MFM, like above). Even if the PC could
> read the non-MFM data stream (like with the Catweasel), the misalignment
> would be a hard problem to solve.
8x50 drives are quad density and IBM 1.2M drives are high density. They
are nominally the same data density, but the magnetic films are different.
The heads require different magnetic field strengths to read and write.
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