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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: higher density diskettes
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In article <199509080948.TAA01450@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>,
Michael Smith  <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>The upshot was that 10 sectors a track on 720, and 20 on 1440 disks was 
>close to 100% reliable.  Lots of people used 11/22 sector formats with
>minimal grief.  

11/22 is totally reliable, *IF* you read/write a track at a time (only
the one inter sector gap). This requires a significant change in the
drivers. :->