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| subject: | Re: annc: GS/OS AppleDisk5.25 Project |
Alex Freed wrote: > sicklittlemonkey wrote: >> >> Are you talking about reading actual Apple II disks, a la FDI etc, or >> just reading and writing to modern HD media via an emulation of 5.25 & >> 3.5 GCR formats? > > After posting I remembered that the Apple 3.5" disks were "special". > AFAIK they use variable speed to using a PC drive to read/write Apple > 3.5" disks is at least difficult. Wouldn't it be possible to cleverly emulate the variable speed zones in software by playing with the data rate? (For some value of cleverness at any rate). Steve --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32* Origin: Derby City Gateway (1:2320/0) SEEN-BY: 10/1 3 34/999 120/228 123/500 128/2 140/1 222/2 226/0 236/150 249/303 SEEN-BY: 250/306 261/20 38 100 1404 1406 1410 1418 266/1413 280/1027 320/119 SEEN-BY: 393/11 396/45 633/260 267 712/848 800/432 801/161 189 2222/700 SEEN-BY: 2320/100 105 200 2905/0 @PATH: 2320/0 100 261/38 633/260 267 |
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