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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
> 1200kb was never a 5 1/4" format option
> 
Yes it was. In fact it was a standard IBM-PC (MSDOS) format.

"F9     1.2 MB     5.25-inch, 2-sided, 15-sector"

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/75131

IBM used to do a fiddle with the 5.25" disk controller and
managed to put even more on it - 1.6 MB if I remember correctly.

Jack
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