[Coco] 80 track disk access under RSDOS

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Wed May 5 03:38:05 EDT 2004


On Tue, 4 May 2004, (John Kowalski) wrote:

> >From what I recall, RSDOS assigns granules in a particular order on blank
> disks - starting from track 18, going up to the max, then starting again at
> track 0 and going up to track 16.  (Track 17 is the directory track).
> 

My recollection, possibly faulty, is that RSDOS starts at a track in the
middle of the range, as you say, and then assigns granules working outward
in BOTH directions.

Art





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