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Re: DOS 1 & 2



Michael,

> The very first RWTS may have been 4+4 coding, but Woz quickly progressed
> to 5+3, then later to 6+2.  The final iteration was the ProDOS-style
> RWTS that decodes nibbles to data on the fly.

    It looks like it is written 4+4 in 10 sectors for all tracks on DOS 1 + 
2.  Then Woz found a way to use 5+3.

    Look at website -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_DOS.

Bryan Parkoff