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Microsoft was able to distribute Windows 95 in fewer floppies by creating their own floppy disk format called DMF that used utilized more sectors per track.
by sedatk 3y ago
Microsoft was able to distribute Windows 95 in fewer floppies by creating their own floppy disk format called DMF that used utilized more sectors per track.
- rnd0 3y agoIBM did something similar ...I want to say with OS/2 but that can't be right (or I'd have more issues with it under emulation than I have). Maybe with PC-DOS 2000?
- sedatk 3y agoYou’re right, good memory! Apparently, it was called XDF. http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-xdf-diskette-format/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-xdf-diskette-format/