22 Dec
2005
22 Dec
'05
2:03 p.m.
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, a.carlini at ntlworld.com wrote:
That sounds like it would tell you the sector size and
the sector
numbers, but I read Tony's question as meaning "how can I tell
that immediately after the index hole there is sector #1,
followed by sector #2 etc." i.e. how can you determine the
sector layout?
That's what you need to be able to read or write a formatted disk.
While you COULD determine the sector layout through sector reads and
careful attention to time intervals, the practical way is to use the
765's "read ID" command, or use alternate hardware to read a raw track.