Todd Vierling <tv@NetBSD.ORG> wrote:

>You missed 880K (80/2/11) and 1760K (80/2/22), the Amiga formats, which are
>MFM and _can_ be read and written on most--though not all--PC floppy
>controllers.  If these were added, the Amiga driver, though not the same
>code, could share a new major number suited for the new format layout.

Did anything change since 1991 (or so) when Dave Haynie wrote that It
Just Can't Be Done? Remember, the Amiga may be using the same MFM
encoding of bits, but the order the bits in is radically different.  On
Amiga disks first all even bits are MFM-encoded, then the odd bits (or
vv). To mention just one difference. Unless these days pc floppy
controllers finally allow reading and writing of full un-decoded tracks,
(and why should they - it's not needed by m$windows) It Just Can't Be
Done. AFAIK.

>-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)
-Olaf.
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