24 Nov
2014
24 Nov
'14
11:25 a.m.
From: Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
The flamewar about RX02 is based on defining what is
meant by the
phrase "MFM floppy"! ... The RX02 is NOT an "FM floppy"; the RX02 is
NOT an "MFM floppy". It is a hybrid.
Exactly.
In terms of the floppy ITSELF, disks rated for FM or
rated for MFM
should both work
I guess I don't understand this. Single-density FM and double-density MFM
have the same maximum number of flux reversals per unit distance (which is
how the RX02 can write double-density data on a single-density floppy). So
from the magnetic domain perspective, the coating
can't really see any
difference between single-density FM and double-density
MFM. So what's
the difference, if any, between a disk which is "rated for FM" and one
"rated for MFM"?
Noel