[Coco] large HD in OS9/68K

[David]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:18:40AM +1000, Bob Devries wrote:
> David said:
> 
> > While we're on the subject of drives..  What are the params for your
> > floppy drives on the MM/1?  The reason I ask - I sent this q to
> > comp.os.os9, but never saw the message - looked on google for it, too -
> > but mine are 34 (I believe) SPT, but the big rub is that the sector
> > count starts at 0 .  I got the idea one day to use the fdutils in Linux
> > and make .dsk images of all my floppies and store them on CD.  Then, if
> > a floppy went bad, I could recreate it.
> 
> My MM1 drive is set to 33 spt starting with sector 0. So that's 0 - 32.

I wonder if there's any valid reason for starting with sector 0?  It's
apparently an odd setup.

> > Another option, I suppose, would be to use some other standard format -
> > maybe the "universal" format for these setup disks?
> 
> I got caught using an 'odd' setup. However, it was as large as I could get
> onto a floppy.
> 80 trk, 2 sid, 10 spt, and 1024 bytes/sector. That gives ~1.6MB. Oh, the
> 'got caught' was because I didn't record just what format I'd used, and
> couldn't remember it at all. The Anadisk programme reminded me what it was.

I guess it would be a good idea if one created an oddly formatted disk
to write the parameters on the label.

> BTW, I don't suppose you hve the OddJob (oj) programme on your MM1? I've
> lost mine, along with a bunch of other files off my original disks.

No.  I am not familiar with that program.  My system is not an MM1, but
a Delmar System V.

Is this a commercial program?  Might it be found on rtsi?