How to read address marks on floppy disks?

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From: wang
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:59

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Does anyone have any information or experience on how to
read the address marks on floppy disks? For the term
'address mark' I mean the 4-byte code used in formatting
a disk with BIOS interrupt 05H.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Peter

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From: wang@wintermute.fullerton.edu (wang)
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Subject: How to read address marks on floppy disks?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 23:59:47 -0800
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