> On Oct 9, 2024, at 1:38 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Anent strange floppy formats--I recall there being one in the early 70s > that used a UART to encode an entire track (1 sector per track). I'm > not talking about using a USRT-but an honest-to-goodness 8-bit plus > parity start-stop, etc. device. > > Was that one an OSI innovation?
Unsure of the 1 SPT detail or whether it was their innovation specifically, but that otherwise matches my (limited) understanding of the OSI FDC. ok bear.