Alastair Milne <milne@uci-icse> (01/03/85)
>Have been running MSDOS 2.11 on my Sanyo MBC-555-2 now for many >months. Michtron's DSDOS+211 also works fine (and supports 96 tpi >drives--though I haven't tried them yet). > >One feature of MSDOS 2.11 is the capability of using 9 sectors/track >(360K/disk). With DSDOS+211 you can format using 8, 9, or 10 >sectors/track (up to 400K/DD disk or 800K/QD disk). > >I have found 400K/disk sufficient. We have seen warnings about >putting quad-density drives inside the Sanyo (heat problem?), and so >have not d one so yet. > > Regards, Victor Frank Editor, Sanyo PC Hackers Newsletter ------ I'm afraid it would take a pretty magnificent extension to DOS to interest me: something like support for library modules, BIOS re-entrancy, and other things to give high-level languages better support. Which is to say, rather major enhancements. My real interest in operating systems is the p-System. I'm waiting for news of it on the Sanyo. It will make developing large projects *much* easier (I'd sooner not go into *why* right here). The disc size sounds encouraging, though. I have an MBC-550, with 2 single-sided double-density drives. It could be worse, but it could also be much better. Who is issuing warnings about quad-density drives? Descending from rumour to fantasy: is Sanyo planning to extend the keyboard, perhaps to include an ALT key (or an equivalent). The keyboard can now handle almost any IBM application except those requiring a combination of SHIFT and ALT. Addition of an ALT key seems a logical extension. Thanks for your info. Always interested. Alastair