Re: [CommodoreOne] CP/M - images

From: Spiro Trikaliotis (Trik-news_at_gmx.de)
Date: 2001-09-14 09:07:38

Hi Ruud,

> With all the proof I only can admit that I was wrong. Maybe due to my work
> with CP/M in the beginning of the 80's I was convinced that CP/M floppies
of
> the C128 were anything but GCR.

Well, they *can* be MFM, but they don't need to! So, your question was not
that wrong...

> But if I had thought a little bit further, how can a C128 boot if the
floppy
> isn't GCR in the first place?

Well, the CP/M boot disk is indeed GCR. Anyhow, I think the main reason is
not that this is simpler or so, but more that CP/M on the C128 should have
worked even with a 1541 which could not read MFM as we all know (not
counting some hacks...)

Spiro.


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