Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/drive.html is more detailed than the On 8/10/17 1:32 PM, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote: > Me too - great rant.

RE: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

Me too - great rant. Thanks Tom -Original Message- From: Mark J. Blair [mailto:n...@nf6x.net] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 9:56 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question > On Aug 9, 2017, at

Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote:> > [...] > >I'm keeping your rant as reference >material. Thanks! I second that! Fred ranting is a good thing ;). Generally there are a number of good posts here that go into my archive folder for future

Re: The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 12:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > [...] > I'm keeping your rant as reference material. Thanks! The Tandy Portable Disk Drive (TPDD) for the Model 100 series is one of the odd-ball "rare" configurations: 3.5", 40 track (later, 80 track on

The Name of the disk (Was: Disk imaging with IMD - question

The structure used on most diskette tracks is based on an IBM design (3740, etc.), and was referred to as "IBM format". BUT, the general public think that "IBM" means the machines that followed the 5150, so "IBM format" is oft misconstrued to mean PC. To avoid ambiguity, I sometimes call