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Re:Booting a PC from a Vinyl Record by hinkley on Saturday January 24, 2026 @03:24PM (#46747298)
No they definitely did more tracks, but it seems to be a smaller multiplier than I recalled.

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/12768/wha...

2-5% more tracks, 12.5% more sectors.

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Re:Booting a PC from a Vinyl Record by userbinator on Saturday January 24, 2026 @07:47PM (#46749410)
The track spacing didn't change, but yes, many if not all floppy drives could step the head slightly past the officially supported number of tracks.
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