31 Jul
2007
31 Jul
'07
9:18 a.m.
On 31 Jul 2007 at 9:53, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Also, the N* disks are hard-sectored. This means that
the controller
needs to see the individual holes to know where each sector data
starts. The PC disk controller has no means to aligning individual
sector data to index holes, even if it could see the sector data.
Not all Northstar diskettes are HS. One of the models (Advantage?)
isn't--and it's that format that the Microsolutions MatchPoint will
read, not the others. It's been too long since I've seen the darned
things...
Cheers,
Chuck