20 Aug
2022
20 Aug
'22
8:26 p.m.
> The Dysan Digital Diagnostic Diskette included
track(s) where SECTORS
> were recorded progressively offset!
> I can visualize, and am impressed with, how you offset tracks for
> alignment diskettes, but I'm having difficulty imagining the Dysan
> mechanism. Large intersector gaps, and a separate pass for writing each
> sector?
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Oh, I know--I have those in 8" and 5.25"
media. My point was that
successive offset in tracks was good enough for government work.
Oh, I am well aware that you know far more about such things than I ever
did, nor ever will.
I was explaining it for the youngsters on the list, who may not have
ever encountered such. And, who might not even believe us about how
the SA400 did head positioning!
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com