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Re: Reading/writing floppies for C64 and MS-Dos ???

Skybuck Flying wrote:

> On the websites in the comments section some write that C64 had variable
> track or sector lengths or something like that.
>
> If true then pc floppy drives would need to be able to do that to be able to
> make such a floppy which some say the pc floppy drives/controllers cannot
> do...
>
> Otherwise it can only be done in partial steps to get the full floppy:
>
> The PC makes the PC section on the floppy.
> The C64 makes the C64 section on the floppy.
>
> So then it would require at least two computers to make the floppy ! ;)
>
> Bye,
>   Skybuck.
>
>
Absolutely NOT!
THe Commodore with the "magic" drive could read and write BOTH
FORMATS because the drive itself had BOTH FDCs, programmable by the main
computer (count: ONE).

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