Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 23:57:03 +0000
Message-ID: <f4424c8d-55f9-94bb-1e9b-680ef912980a@null.net>
On 08/01/2019 22:22, Mike Stein wrote:
> Sorry; of course within the limitations of the head dimensions HD controllers generally could indeed support DD media. What I was thinking of was the drive speed; instead of switching speed on dual-speed drives most controllers just emulated the slower speed by changing the transfer rate.

"As to mixing drive types, most normal PC controllers were either low 
density (DD/QD) or high density, but rarely both;"

I'm pretty sure you could have a low density drive and a high density 
drive & it would adjust the transfer rate as required.
Received on 2019-01-09 01:02:47

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