29 Nov
2015
29 Nov
'15
1:56 p.m.
There were a few systems (such as CP/M) that optimized (or attempted to)
interleave depending on use. So, "boot" tracks were 1:1, "directory"
may have been 2:1 and user data 3:1.
Schemes varied widely. One or two even interleaved side-to-side in
addition to "skewing track-to-track. Obviously written by a programmer
tasked with the job of "Let's see how fast we can get data on or off
this thing".
--Chuck