On Fri, Sep 08, 2017 at 12:46:02PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
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> This is particularly true if you use a whole-track reader than can read
> tracks without regard to index.
> I don't know about Amiga, however.
The Amiga's native disk format assumes whole-track reads and writes
An uninteresting answer but is this proprietary data or something another
collector may have and could provide?
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On 09/08/2017 01:42 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> "Normal" "simple" PC-type read, such as
> COPY source destinat
> CAN have a big problem. If you put the bub back on, so that index is
> right in the middle of a sector, then that sector can't be read (with
> NEC-type FDC, unless you "mask-off" the
One more concern:
Be very careful centering it!
If the cookie is off-center, relative to the hub, then tracks won't be in
the right positions. 3.5" disks are 135 tracks per inch, so an
imperfection of 1/5 mm is more than an entire track space!
Actually, that could be VERY useful!
On a
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Yes, they were glued. Sometimes you can look carefully at the hub and
the cookie and match up remaining glue deposits. In the case of a
simple PC-type read, the position of the index doesn't really matter for
reading--as long as the sector
On 09/08/2017 11:51 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
>
> When attemping to read an old Amiga floppy, the magnetic media
> separated from the metal hub. Were these originally glued?
>
> Assuming I can find a way to re-affix the media to the hub, how many
> guesses as to the proper alignment
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
When attemping to read an old Amiga floppy, the magnetic media
separated from the metal hub. Were these originally glued?
Assuming I can find a way to re-affix the media to the hub, how many
guesses as to the proper alignment might I need to
When attemping to read an old Amiga floppy, the magnetic media
separated from the metal hub. Were these originally glued?
Assuming I can find a way to re-affix the media to the hub, how many
guesses as to the proper alignment might I need to make? After all,
the metal hub has an index slot
