Re: DOS 3.3 Nibble Encoding

[k_bouchard@csc32.enet.dec.com (My name is...)]

In article <2cps59INNmqi@iraun1.ira.uka.de>, borchert@i50s19.ira.uka.de (Volker Borchert) writes...
>k_bouchard@csc32.enet.dec.com (My name is...) writes:
>|> Am I out in left field on this? All this verbage to explain something
>|> basic? I always thought that *any* computer boots from sector0-track0
>|> because [...]
> 
>Wrong. My Z80 machines boot from track $17, sector $3.
> 
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I guess I was thinking of older computers that had dedicated disk controllers
with track/sector registers and no built in ROM. I guess if a peripheral card
has some built-in ROM,anything's possible after a power-up.

Ken