4 Oct
1999
4 Oct
'99
5:04 a.m.
That's why I stick to IBM 3740 (8", 77 track,
26 sectors/track, 128 bytes/sec)
format - guaranteed cross-platform compatibility! I can still read
my floppies from 1973 just fine...
Yes, the default standard for CPM was SSSD (3740). It's also the default
for my CPM crates and PDP-11s (using RX02, Andromeda, Plessy or Siemems
controllers). The RX50 and RX33 were not prevelent enough though I can
and do support them via RQDXn.
All "real" machines have 8" floppies
and at least one 9-track drive here!
;)
Tape however has never been part of the collection... though I'd live to
add DECtape as I always had a fondness for the 4" reels.
Allison