Re: Diskette formatting explained

From: Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:47:35 +0100
Message-ID: <20181114194735.k44hjckbfmnalnfg@hermes.local.trikaliotis.net>
Hello Patryk,

* On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 04:23:28PM +0100 silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
> I remember reading some good time ago a text about formatting floppy
> (in a 1541), how it can be done faster without losing the reliability
> of the format and what the typical "fast format" programs were doing
> wrong so that diskettes formatted by them were not reliably holding
> the format. I believe it about "proper" track length/gaps
> calculations, among other things in good detail. Does that ring a
> bell, where could I have read this? Or maybe someone with good
> knowledge on the subject could explain it here?

I am not sure what you are speaking about, but many details can be found
in this thread:

http://www.softwolves.com/arkiv/cbm-hackers/10/10348.html

Especially this one might be of interest:

http://www.softwolves.com/arkiv/cbm-hackers/10/10421.html


Regards,
Spiro.

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Spiro R. Trikaliotis
http://www.trikaliotis.net/
Received on 2018-11-14 22:00:08

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