[Coco] OS-9 and RS-DOS disk structures

Allen Huffman alsplace at pobox.com
Tue Dec 30 19:49:09 EST 2014


> On Dec 30, 2014, at 6:08 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net> wrote:
> 
> This is correct. It is the most efficient for seeking when reading contiguous files, since it stays on the same track and reads both sides without having to move the head.


Thanks, folks. I've missed this.

Therefore, my psuedo code in Disk BASIC would have been able to write out a raw .DSK image of a 40-track double sided OS-9 disk? If that's the case, I suppose I can do it all through BASIC initially.

		-- Allen







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