mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson) (02/16/90)
Here are the parameter files for the Kaypro:
KAYPROSS.DSK:
NAME = Kaypro II (SS DD) - untested
SPT = 40
BSH = 3
BLM = 7
EXM = 0
DSM = 194
DRM = 63
AL0 = 240
AL1 = 0
CKS = 16
OFF = 1
SKEW = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
DENSITY = DOUBLE
SIDES = 1
SECTORM = SAME
TRACKM = DOWN
ALLOC = 1K
SECSIZE = 512
And the parameters for the DS disks...
KAYPRODS.DSK:
NAME = Kaypro IV (DS DD) - untested
SPT = 40
BSH = 4
BLM = 15
EXM = 1
DSM = 196
DRM = 63
AL0 = 192
AL1 = 0
CKS = 16
OFF = 1
SKEW = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
DENSITY = DOUBLE
SIDES = 2
SECTORM = CONTINUOUS
TRACKM = DOWN
ALLOC = 2K
SECSIZE = 512
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~mlinar@eve.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) (02/17/90)
In article <1518@crash.cts.com> mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson) writes:
#Here are the parameter files for the Kaypro:
#
#KAYPROSS.DSK:
#
#SKEW = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
#DENSITY = DOUBLE
This is actually only part of the story.
There are two types of skew: hardware and software.
Only single-density disks (with a couple stupid exceptions) ever used a
software skew. Kaypro, Xerox, and the like use hardware skew for double
density.
What Mark is pointing it is that the software does not see any skew since the
disk has been formatted with the skew on it (saves xlation time and memory).