11 Oct
2009
11 Oct
'09
8:22 p.m.
On 11 Oct 2009 at 19:13, Fred Cisin wrote:
Ever tried to decode a DECStation WPS I floppy? Two sectors are used
to hold the low-order 8 bits of each word and then a third sector
holds the high-order 4 bits of the words of the other two sectors,
all packed together. 6 bit ASCII, too, with numerous escape codes.
--Chuck
He says that
all of the floppy file formats just end up being a
series of blocks one after another so that all you need to know is
the block size and the number of sectors per track.
All files just end up being a series of words one after another so
that all you need to know is the word-size in bits, and the length of
the file.