ggray@wpi.wpi.edu (Gary P Gray) (07/23/90)
I have downloaded the files Spell21.lbr and spell21x.lbr from simtel. They seem to work as advertised, but the dictionary (dict.dic) seems to be missing some common words, like 'for.' I can't recompile the dictionary with dictionary compiler because the raw dictionary is too big to fit on a disk. I tried the seperate file in the same directory (dict.dic) but had the same results. Is this software disagreeing with my computer? (Osborne Exec) Has anyone else had a similar problem with this program? I could try and find an alternate (smaller) dictionary, but I cannot be sure that they will have all of the forms of the words that this package has. Any ideas? -- -- WARNING!!! The above opinions may be HAZARDOUS or FATAL if swallowed!!! -- Drawkcab si esrevinu eht ni gnihtyreve taht gnileef eht teg yllanoisacco uoy od ggray@wpi.wpi.edu --
zlraa@iceman.jcu.oz (Ross Alford) (07/24/90)
The question was: what sort of disks to use in a DSQD drive for 820k. The poster tried HD disks, and they didn't work. Not surprising: HD disks have greater coercivity, meaning they are more resistant to magnetisation, and need stronger write flux. This allows more sectors/track without adjacent regions affecting one another What you really want are DSQD disks, certified for quad density. I haven't seen these advertised for some time, but not to worry--I've thus far used over 150 DSDD disks at 720k in a TEAC quad drive and have had no failures, despite using a variety of no-name generic disks. If you are a worrier, run a verify program after formatting. DSQD disks, when they were available, were simply standard disks that had been tested at quad density. Ross Alford zlraa@iceman.jcu.oz