The Dysan Digital Diagnostic Diskette included track(s) where SECTORS were recorded progressively offset! I can visualize, and am impressed with, how you offset tracks for alignment diskettes, but I'm having difficulty imagining the Dysan mechanism. Large intersector gaps, and a separate pass for writing each sector?
On Sat, 20 Aug 2022, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Oh, I know--I have those in 8" and 5.25" media. My point was that successive offset in tracks was good enough for government work.
Oh, I am well aware that you know far more about such things than I ever did, nor ever will. I was explaining it for the youngsters on the list, who may not have ever encountered such. And, who might not even believe us about how the SA400 did head positioning!
-- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
