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Re: DSK to NIB Instruction
- Subject: Re: DSK to NIB Instruction
- From: russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:14:27 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: DiS(L)organized
- References: <eKW1f.1556$B14.1455@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com> <434f8fd9$0$24165$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net> <diobqt$6h8$1@unlnews.unl.edu <dip040$blg$1@unlnews.unl.edu>
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In article <dip040$blg$1@unlnews.unl.edu>,
Ed Eastman <noone@nowhere.net> wrote:
>
>I remember Prince of Persia which read one really big sector per track
>and got '18 sectors' worth of data per track. (4.5k instead of the
>normal 4k per track.)
Yep, the so-called 18-sector format was pretty common. No need for
playing with speed, just remove all the gaps, address headers, and
other such "garbage" and you've got plenty of room for 512 more bytes
of data.