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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 17:59:51 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: iNFiK <randolp1 AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DirectX 2 SDK
In-Reply-To: <31FA6712.4289@ix.netcom.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.93.960730175652.1705A-100000@gibson.eee.upd.edu.ph>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, iNFiK wrote:

> 
> anyhoo, there are programs that can format them to 5MB, but you have to 
> have that pesky 1K tsr loaded, and thats not good if you bring your disks 
> to other computers, unless they have that tsr also.
> 

5MB ?? the last time I looked, things topped out at 1.9MB... where can
this wonder be had? and more importantly, can this sort of "trick" be
pulled on Linux systems? having a 5MB floppy device would make taking
those huge tar files home much easier.. <sigh> (SGI has a 20MB 3.5" floppy
device, drool..)

Orly.

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