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Article #27708Re: RE: fast multi-sector floppy I/O with interrupts (question)
From: Allan Pratt
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1987 17:11
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1987 17:11
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in article <8707211216.AA01884@work1.icase>, csrobe@ICASE.ARPA (Charles S. Roberson) says: > they say the Atari is "adopting the twister file format" I can't speak for the "twister" format specifically, but Atari *has* adopted a disk format where tracks start at different locations on the disk. Note that there is still a skew factor of zero, meaning the sectors within a track are sequential. I don't know what the offset from sector 0 of one track to sector 0 of another is, but I guess I could find out... The new format is the one you get if you select "Format..." from the Disk menu on the desktop when you have Mega ROMs. I don't know how it could be more official. /----------------------------------------------\ | Opinions expressed above do not necessarily | -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. | reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. | ...lll-lcc!atari!apratt \----------------------------------------------/ (APRATT on GEnie)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!amdcad!sun!imagen!atari!apratt From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: RE: fast multi-sector floppy I/O with interrupts (question) Message-ID: <792@atari.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 13:11:36 EDT Article-I.D.: atari.792 Posted: Wed Jul 22 13:11:36 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jul-87 06:43:47 EDT References: <8707211216.AA01884@work1.icase> Distribution: world Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA Lines: 20