Extracting CDOS and CP/M) files - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Oct 2007

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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roger Ivie <rivie at ridgenet.net>
Subject: Re: Extracting CDOS and CP/M) files
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Dave Dunfield wrote:
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 Does each entry represent a cluster? The CDOS manual does have tables
 relating physical sectors to clusters, which can be represented with an
 8-bit value. These are listed for "large disks" and "small disks",
although
 it's not clear where a DSDD 5.25" disk fits (it's large for a 5.25,
 small compared to 8") - I'm guessing the "small disks" means any
5.25,
 but I'd love to be corrected if anyone knows differently. 
In CP/M, each entry represents a cluster and "small disk" means
"has fewer than 256 clusters".
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roger ivie
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In Cromemco-speak, (S)mall usually means 5 1/4 and (L)arge=8"

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