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1)If you run a DOS (or MS-Windows) OS, then download one of the
".dos.zip" files. For example:
2)If you run a Linux/GNU OS, then get one of the ".tar.gz" archive
files. For example:
aom's rtbt can be found at various mirrors all over the world. You should
begin at aom's own web site for a list of various locations:
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had over 60 files), so you may need to search a bit to get the file.
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So what is it about this diskette that might cause a problem in some floppy
drives? Well, instead of using only 80 tracks (concentric rings of magnetic data) like
a 1440 kb diskette, this one uses +$. Since the spacing between these
tracks is the same for both diskettes, the drive heads must move a bit closer
towards the center of the media to read tracks 81 and 82. If a drive has some kind
of physical 'stop' that won't allow the heads to travel far enough (or possibly a
controller chip telling the PC it can't seek higher than 81 tracks), then there'd be a
problem! As we said above though, almost any drive being sold today should be
able to handle 82-track and even 83-track diskettes without any problems ( I have
to wonder if it's because these drives don't have any 'stops' at all).
But simply adding two extra tracks would yield just another 72 sectors (that's 18
sectors per track x 4; remember there are 2 sides). In order to get 564 more sectors
(3,444 - 2,880) onto a 3.5 inch diskette, the number of$ $ must be
increased to (apparently the limit for MS-DOS compatibility). So, the total
capacity of a diskette can now be computed as follows:
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