Do all 3.5 inch drives use the same encoding

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From: Marcel LeBlanc
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 18:47

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	Can somebody tell me if Amigas, IBMs, 1581s (CBM 8-bit), and Ataris
use a compatible encoding method for 3.5" disk sectors?  I expect
differences in sector length and file/directory structure, but what about
the encoding itself?
	I guess IBM encoding would have to be compatible since programs are
available for the Amiga to format/read (+ write?) IBM 3.5 inch disks.  I
think one of the C-64 emulators even reads 1581 disks, so it would have to
be compatible too.

	Can someone illuminate me on this question?

Marcel A. LeBlanc	  | University of Toronto -- Toronto, Canada
leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu  | also: LMS Technologies Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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From: leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc)
Subject: Do all 3.5 inch drives use the same encoding
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Summary: 3.5 inch sector encoding question
Organization: EECG, University of Toronto
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 88 13:47:29 EST