[Coco] Maximizing floppy storage (was: format memory (was) Gotek floppy emulator)

[tim lindner]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
> The data area for the format command has several buffers and many data
> values. It shouldn't be a surprise that the total data area is about 11,000
> bytes.

Has anyone ever tried to increase the number of sector per track? You
would have to setup a test rig and check for increased error rates.

Since more than half of the track is used for house keeping. I wonder
how many more sectors could safety be added to each track?

I'm sure the originators of the format tried to maximize the sector
count, but maybe they were too conservative.


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tim lindner