>>Yes. On every DEC drive I own (and I guess most others), track 0 is at
>>the outside edge of the disk and the highest track is closest to the
>>spindle. Allison/Tim will now post a list of exceptions :-)
>
>Only exception I know of is CD-ROM, which doesn't exactly have tracks,
>but at least block 0 is on the inside and the higher-number blocks
>are on the outside.
I seem to remember something about the RD series disks (or at least the
RD52 or RD53) installed in a PRO-series machine having the outermost
track *not* track zero...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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