From: groepaz (groepaz_at_gmx.net)
Date: 2002-07-11 14:23:51
Hello Daniel,
Wednesday, July 10, 2002, 10:58:56 PM, you wrote:
DK> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Bryan Pope wrote:
>> And thusly Nicolas Welte spake:
>> >
>> > track drives, not the old 40 track ones (because the 1541 also has 80 tracks,
>> > even if it uses the head from a 40 track drive).
>> >
>>
>> So is it possible to move the 1541's head as if there were 80 tracks?
DK> Yes it is. It's called "halftracks" and has been used for copy
DK> protection. Some of the tracks were shifted a halftrack up or down. You
DK> can't use more than 35-40 tracks though. When reading a halftrack as a
DK> normal track, alot of bit errors will appear, and thus not allowing a
DK> copy.
not exactly - most (if not all, minus the clones maybe) can use track
0.5 - 42.5 fine.
--
Best regards,
groepaz mailto:groepaz@gmx.net
Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list
Archive generated by hypermail 2.1.4.