Re: upgrading CBM-3040?

From: Francesco Messineo <*francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com*> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:27:57 +0100 Message-ID: <CAESs-_z4tmv5V6rTb0cYSGcfCtjVbhNEgPcx=VXcmCs2agY9UQ@mail.gmail.com> · francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 10:52 PM, Mia Magnusson <mia@plea.se> wrote:
>
> Also it's kind of strange that Commodore AFAIK never used 40 instead of
> 35 tracks on any of their 35/40 track drives, except for MFM disks on
> 1571.

the first media and 5 1/4" drives were only capable of 35 tracks. The very first
floppy media had a reduced window too, so the head couldn't go much further than
track 35.

Frank

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