[Coco] 80 track disk access under RSDOS

Bob Devries bdevries at gil.com.au
Wed May 5 07:06:40 EDT 2004


> ... but ISTR it did 40 tracks ok. Maybe not, it was many years ago that I
> replaced it with a DS drive, glad to leave flippies behind.
 Yes, I replaced mine with 80 track switchable to 40 track. Used 40 trk for
RSDOS, and 80 trk for OS-9.

I DO know that the original drives were not capable of more than 36 tracks
because of their snail cam stepper arrangement.

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Regards, Bob Devries. Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to.






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