Re: .DSK images with 40 tracks?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

In article <3E6E5E8C.30302@nowhere.net>, Default <noone@nowhere.net> writes:

>Only the original Disk ][ drives did not support 40 tracks, the 
>supported a 36th though.  The standard format for the II line of 
>computers is 35 tracks and that is why the standard is set there.  I 
>agree that additional track support is easily enough done in the 
>emulator, but you would need a patched DOS that also supports it with 
>5.25" images.

Unless I'm wrong, DOS and ProDOS are parameterized by values
in the VTOC/root directory, and do not require any customization
to use a larger-than-usual disk, only to format one.

-michael

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