Re: CBM-900 floppy disk format/encoding

From: Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de*> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:19:57 +0200 Message-ID: <4EAA81CD.6060200@laosinh.s.bawue.de> · gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de

On 10/28/2011 12:08 PM, Uffe Jakobsen wrote:
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> On 2011-10-28 07:27, MikeS wrote:
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>> Most QD (and HD) disks were indeed recorded as 80 tracks at 96 tracks per
>> inch, but some systems used 100 TPI drives instead; AFAIK all of
>> Commodore's
>> 'Quad Density' drives used 100 TPI mechanisms so unfortunately you can't
>> use the much more common 96TPI versions.
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> That is correct
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> CBM-8050: SS/QD/100TPI (single drive casing)

That is not quite correct.. The 8050 is a dual drive, but only single 
side. I had one in combination with an 8032SK for years.

See: http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_CBM8050.HTML

  Gerrit

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