13 Sep
2013
13 Sep
'13
3:02 p.m.
[RX02 format]
On the other hand, as long as the SSSD sector headers
were present, it
was probably possible to fix the data areas using that "FORMAT" command
when there were problems with the media. So maybe "FORMAT" was
justified to some extent.
I think it did re-write the headers, so it was a sort-of Format command.
The useful thing about it is that RX01 low-level format was actually the
same as the stanard 8" single-density format. So you coudl take a totally
blank 8" disk, format it single-density in a CP/M machine (or whateer),
put it in an RX02 nad reforat it as a M2FM disk. That's how I avoided
eery buying DEC media.
-tony