Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihnss.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!ihnss!knudsen From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.6809 Subject: Re;Re: 80-track Half-tracking drives Message-ID: <1962@ihnss.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 13:16:34 EST Article-I.D.: ihnss.1962 Posted: Fri Mar 16 13:16:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Mar-84 02:53:29 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 13 Okay. I didn't really expect to get away with 80 track storage, but I thought it was worth checking out for these reasons: 1) Really understanding the har & firmware, as for writing own special disk drivers 2) Obvious utility in cracking protection schemes 3) Aid in salvaging data from a disk written on another drive that was way out of alignment (by more than 1/4 track); you could get closer to the data using the in-between positions. Companies that sell copy-protected software without backup copies should be stoned to death. We all gather around them with our rocks; the Coco owner who has never accepted or given copyrighted pirate software gets the 1st throw. Sounds like a dull afternoon. mike k