[Coco] NitrOS9 build errors

[Kip Koon]

Hi Tormod!
I typically use 80 tracks dshd, 40 Tracks dsdd and 35 tracks ssdd.
Kip

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Tormod Volden
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 4:48 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 build errors

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Tormod Volden wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Bob Devries wrote:
>> Hi Tormod.
>>
>> One remaining small (trivial?) issue I have is with the index.html 
>> file which is created in the DSKS directory, in which 80 track 
>> double-sided disks are listed as 48TPI. They should be either 96TPI or
135TPI IMHO.
>
> Hi Bob, the format string is generated with "os9 id" from Toolshed.
> The documentation says it "is intended for RBF disk images only" and 
> "displays information about an image from the identification sector 
> (LSN 0)". From the code it seems that the disk image format byte only 
> has one bit for 48/96 PI, one bit for DD/SD, and one bit for DS/SS.
>
> The index.html is created by 3rdparty/utils/aaw/mkdskindex based on 
> the "os9 id" output, so maybe it has to look at the "Total sector 
> size" as well and adjust the format string? What would be the most 
> helpful format string? TPI or capacity in KB?

Let me ask again, all of you floppy disk fans. What is the useful
information you need when you look at that disk image listing? How do you
normally classify those floppies and drives? TPI? Or tracks?
Capacity?

See the refreshed http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/latest/ where I have
calculated a number of tracks from the "os9 id" output. Would it be an idea
to replace or complement the TPI with this?

Tormod

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