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From: conklin@eecae.UUCP (Terry Conklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 1050 disk format
Message-ID: <3661@eecae.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 03:34:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 03:34:42 1987
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Organization: Michigan State Univ., Engineering, E. Lansing
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Keywords: Worst case disk data


Since the format itself is untouchable on a stock 1050, your
only option would be to use worst case data.

The TRS-80 always used the Hex byte E5 to fill all the unused
sectors on a track. This was the worst case data you could
get, and helped verify flaky disks. Since the TRS, Atari, 
IBM and ST all use (cough) the same disk format (well, I us
the TRS to copy disks for all of the above!) it would seem
a safe assumption that this would prove close if not it.

Terry Conklin
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