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Re: GCR <--CP/M --> MS-DOS and vice versa?

Subject: Re: GCR <--CP/M --> MS-DOS and vice versa?
From: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:13:39 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
References: <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.1030306052820.29043A-100000@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca> <qhisuwaunv.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <Xns9337CB862A69menacechgoaolcom@206.141.192.32> <b4apdv0sf3@enews3.newsguy.com>
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:28188

> > since technically an Apple based disk editor could read sectors from
> > Apple CP/M, Pascal, ProDOS, Dos3.3, and often DOS 3.2.1 disks.
> >
> > A better comparison is a DVD/CD compared to a 45 record
> > both about the same size with cylinders or a spiral
> > but neither is hardware compatible.
>
> DVDs, CDs and 45 records all use a spiral not cylinders.
>
> Charlie

What?!, DVD and CD use spiral? What about the 650 mb floppy
you can make on a CD writer with CD/RW disks? Are they also
spiral? I think not. Anyway, where can I read about that? I never
heard that before.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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