3 Jun
2004
3 Jun
'04
3:25 a.m.
I have a DEC RX01 drive and the box of floppies that I
have
with it are 8 inch single sided single density. Are 8" hard
sectored floppies compatible with these?
Hard and Soft sectored disks are never compatible. When speaking of hard
sectored disks, you will normally find the number of sectors on the label.
If there is no label, or you cant find the number, you can turn the disk
around within the envelope. Soft sectored disks have only one
synchronisation hole, hard sectored disks (number of sectors) + 1.
The "real" synchronisation hole is often (if I recall correctly) a bit
"out
of line", i.e. a bit further away from the center of the disk.
I do not know from the top of my head if RX01 drives are soft-sectored
Nico
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