Hard/Soft sectoring

From: Brett <danjo_at_xnet.com>
Date: Wed Apr 16 22:20:50 1997

On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, this arrived on the list from
the esteemed Mr. Carl R. Friend:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:23:30 -0400, this arrived on the list from
> the esteemed Mr. Allen Underdown:
> > In the olden days of magnetic floppy media, there was a sector hole
> > FOR EVERY SECTOR located around the hub of the floppy.
>
> All very well and good, but there's that one extra you forgot
> about. ;-)

 All very well and good, but there's that one extra you forgot
 about. ;-) 8-)

> Yes, hard-sectored disks _do_ have a hole to denote the beginning
> of each sector, but to indicate the beginning of a _track_ they use
> two adjacent holes. In soft-sectored disks, the single hole serves
> to signal the beginning-of-track; the individual sectors are defined
> via headers recorded during the format operation.

And one in the middle!

> > God I love reading this list!
>
> With all due respects to Mr. Mel Brooks: "Ditto!"

With all due respects to Mel Brooks
   and Mr. Carl R. Friend
       and Rush Limbaugh: "Ditto! Mega-Ditto"

BC
Received on Wed Apr 16 1997 - 22:20:50 BST