-----Original Message----- From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 5:42 PM To: [email protected]; Discussion@ Subject: Re: Writing 8" floppies with SuperCard Pro
> On 08/11/2015 05:27 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: >> The issue is that upon reading back a disk that has been written via >> the SuperCard, data is fine up until about cylinder 60, at which point >> bad sectors start appearing more and more frequently (though most of >> the data is still OK). I tried disabling TG43 just to see if it made >> a difference, and it does - with TG43 disabled sectors written past >> cylinder 43 read back as garbage. >> >> I'm running short of ideas. Anyone else have any experience with this >> combo? Any suggestions on troubleshooting tips? > So what does the software do to compensate for bit crowding/shifting > when writing to the inner cylinders? That is, what sort of write > precompensation does it perform? Absolutely no idea -- the manual isn't particularly technical and the SDK mentions nothing. I'll see if there's anything to be dug up in this regard. (Thanks also to Eric for suggesting this problem...) - Josh > --Chuck
