Spelunking the places where files are not

[John Foust]

At 07:55 PM 3/6/2021, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
>And I guess I hadn't thought of that case where the file system 
>named the number of bytes in the file and that the unused ends
>of blocks could also contain stuff, too.  Is there a name for those bytes?

An interesting analysis of "slack bytes" on the IBM DOS 1.0 disks.

https://thestarman.pcministry.com/DOS/ibm100/Exam.htm

- John