Re: HP 7945 disk format

[Al Kossow]

the 7941 used a V130 so for that substitute --heads 3 for --heads 7

On 10/21/16 10:16 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> for anyone wanting to try David's MFM emulator in an HP MFM 7945 disk box, 
> here is the
> format, determined from reading a Vertex V170 drive from one
> 
> --sectors 32,0 --heads 7 --cylinders 987 --header_crc 0xffff,0x1021,16,0 
> --data_crc  0xffffffff,0x140a0445,32,5 --format
> WD_1006 --sector_length 256
> 
> The 7945 is notoriously flaky because of the Vertex drives.
>