21 Nov
2014
21 Nov
'14
12:40 p.m.
On 11/21/2014 11:26 AM, Glen Slick wrote:
Is it correct that RX01 format floppies can be created
from blank
floppies with a standard PC floppy controller (or at least some
controllers / motherboards, depending on the controller chip) while
RX02 format floppies cannot?
Yup. The RX02 ("double density") use a whacky MFM scheme (with some
code substitutions) for data with FM sector headers. Not doable at all
with a standard PC setup. RX01s are pretty much stock FM.
--Chuck