Re: CP/M disk format question

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Might this have been a patch to get more storage on a data disk? I 
> > recall tinkering with Apple's p-system BIOS and formatter utility when 
> > 40-track drives became common.
> 
> That's exactly what it is.  The Microsoft Premium Softcard IIe (and perhaps 
> others) had a special "data only" format that wrapped to the first tracks in 
> that manner to provide more capacity.

That explains it -- the owner of the disk image used a Microsoft Softcard.

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