16 Jun
1998
16 Jun
'98
3:35 p.m.
Allison J Parent wrote:
<one micro w/5.25" disks be compatible with
another with 5.25" disks,
<i.e. my apple with a C-128? Also, if a computer can run CP/M 3+ can it
Apple is weird with their formats, nearly hardsector. C-128 has a few
compatable and incompatable formats. The rest were all over the map.
Actually, Apple was the _ultimate_ soft-sector, as it didn't pay any
attention to sector detect at all -- it had to read the whole track
then figure out where it started. It's a major reason why database
applications were never a big thing on Apples until hard disks showed
up -- updating things by record was only possible by writing whole
tracks.
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Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_