Thomas Harte wrote:
Hmmm, so Sam DOS numbers tracks from 0, but sectors from 1? Or am I suffering a deficit of logic?
Yes. sectors are 1-10. tracks are 0-79 the fun part (that used to throw many people) is the head selection. sam has: sector # C H S (cyl, head, sect) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 0 0 4 5 0 0 5 6 0 0 6 7 0 0 7 8 0 0 8 9 0 0 9 10 0 0 10 11 1 0 1 12 1 0 2 13 1 0 3 14 1 0 4 15 1 0 5 .... .... 795 79 0 5 796 79 0 6 797 79 0 7 798 79 0 8 799 79 0 9 800 79 0 10 801 0 1 1 802 0 1 2 803 0 1 3 804 0 1 4 .... .... 1596 79 1 6 1597 79 1 7 1598 79 1 8 1599 79 1 9 1600 79 1 10 Nev
