[Coco] OS9 RBF IT.TYP ????

[Bob Devries]

Hi Willard,

according to the OSK manual, bit 5 of PD_TYP if 0 it is Standard OS-9 format 
(track 0 single density); if 1 Non Standard format (track 0 double density)

Regards,
Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 11:57 AM
Subject: [Coco] OS9 RBF IT.TYP ????


> Bit 5 of the TYP byte in an RBF device descriptor is a flag for "CoCo
> format" or "non-coco format".
>
> What exactly does this imply?
>
> I'm looking at reading/writing foreign disk formats but this is
> confusing me.
>
> Thanks,
> Willard
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