12 Jan
2022
12 Jan
'22
12:39 p.m.
A completely software driven controller could handle reading an RX02
disk it if it knows to expect it.
There is a switch on the logic board inside the RX02 to indicate whether
the drive should be RX01 or RX02 compatible
On 1/12/2022 2:23 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, Jan
12, 2022 at 12:16 PM Mike Katz wrote:
I am looking to make a RX01 (and hopefully RX02)
disk formatter
Something that can format floppies for the RX01 can effectively format RX02 floppies,
too.
An RX02 drive can convert RX01-formatted floppies to RX02-formatted floppies.
Given how arcane the RX02 format is (sector _headers_ are written in single
density; sector _data_ is written in double) I'd be pretty surprised if
anything except an RX02 can do it.
Noel