>>>>> "Ruud" == Ruud Baltissen <g.j.p.a.a.baltissen@kader.hobby.nl> writes:
Cameron> Because the 1581, while MFM, isn't FAT.
Ruud> Please explain.
MFM is the system used for encoding sector data on the disk. It uses
five bits for every nybble in such a way that there's always at least
one 1 and one 0 in each, IIRC. FAT is the MS-DOS file system with the
8+3 filename convention etc. The 1581 uses MFM to encode the data on
the physical media, but since it uses a different directory and file
structure the standard MS-DOS commands such as DIR and COPY can't
interpret the information stored on the disk.
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