[Coco] format memory (was) Gotek floppy emulator

[Steven Hirsch]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016, Theodore (Alex) Evans wrote:

> On 02/16/2016 03:45 PM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>
>> I've never seen a floppy disk controller that didn't require writing an
>> entire track during format, but perhaps they exist.

> The floppy controller for the NorthStar Horizon allows you to format 
> each sector separately.  You can mix single density (FM) and double 
> density (MFM) sectors on the same track and even wait until you are 
> going to use them to format the sectors.  Of course it uses hard 
> sectored floppies, which makes everything completely different.

Yes, I had forgotten about that. And, since I have a Horizon and an 
Advantage here, it's not entirely excusable :-).


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