31 Dec
2012
31 Dec
'12
12:08 p.m.
> If that wasn't more than you want to know
about it, or if you
> are offended by the oversimplifications, we could go through
> the reasons and structures of every part of the IBM/WD
> soft-sector disk format.
On Mon, 31 Dec 2012, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
Very instructive and interesting. I'm watching
:)
I don't have any of my class handouts any more (I looked).
(page from Bill Barden's plus annotations for format, plus
a page with examples for NRZ, FM, MFM, RLL/GCR)
I could write up description, BUT, some people would be annoyed
at "remedial" content (I tend to be patronizing/condescending),
AND, there are many here, such as Tony and/or Chuck, who could
do a much better job than I can.
If people want.
But, my mother reacted badly to the [now discontinued] Parkinson's
med, fell and broke her back. Now it's 24 hour care.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com