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From: d6b@psuecl.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
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Message-ID: <1990Sep14.163643.20618@psuecl.bitnet>
Date: 14 Sep 90 20:36:43 GMT
References: <1966@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University
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In article <1966@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>, lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
> Since we are picking nits, I'll pick this one. The Amiga does indeed have
> hardware support for GCR in at least one way. See page 243 of the Hardware
> Reference Manual, where you set Precomp for MFM or GCR. Agreed that the actual
> encoding/decoding needs to be done in software.

Ah, a perfect opportunity to ask: What IS precompensation?
I read a description once but it was totally incomprehesible and probably
wrong.

-- Dan Babcock