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- From: Sprague.Wbst311@XEROX.COM
- Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
- Subject: Xerox Floppy formats
- Message-ID: <"11-Sep-92.10:52:44.EDT".*.Michael_D._Sprague.wbst311@Xerox.com>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 14:52:44 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
- Reply-To: Sprague.Wbst311@xerox.com
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- > I think some of the Xerox 820 formats use a track 0 which is
- > single density.
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- With the exception of the Xerox 16/8 DEM, all Xerox floppy formats have track 0
- formatted as single density. While I fight with 22DISK to get it to work with
- the Xerox formats, I HAVE gotten it to work. Of course, it does not work for
- Xerox 820 disks, since they are single density, and the controller in the PC
- can't handle that (without modifications).
-
- I may be way out in left field here, but if I remember right, the first couple
- of tracks are reserved for the boot sectors, and there should be nothing for
- 22DISK to read there anyway.
-
- ~ Mike (sprague.wbst311@xerox.com)
-