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Adjust Micropolis documentation.
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@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Some later systems were Micropolis-compatible and so were also 100 TPI, like
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the Vector Graphic Dual-Mode Disk Controller which was paired with a Tandon
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drive.
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**Important note:** You _cannot_ read these disks with a normal PC drive, as
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these drives are 96tpi.The track spacing is determined by the physical geometry
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of the drive and can't be changed in software. You'll need to get hold of a
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100tpi Micropolis drive. Luckily these seem to use the same connector and
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pinout as a 96tpi PC 5.25" drive. In use they should be identical.
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Reading disks
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@@ -26,10 +32,10 @@ or single-sided disks, you can use `-s :s=0` to read only one side of the disk
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which works around the problem.
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The [CP/M BIOS](https://www.seasip.info/Cpm/bios.html) defined SELDSK, SETTRK,
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and SETSEC, but no function to select the head/side. This caused dual-sided
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floppies to be represented as twice the number of tracks with the second side's
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tracks logically following the first side (e.g., tracks 77-153). That produces
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results mostly indistinguishable from HCS.
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and SETSEC, but no function to select the head/side. Double-sided floppies
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could be represented as having either twice the number of sectors, for CHS, or
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twice the number of tracks, HCS; the second side's tracks logically followed
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the first side (e.g., tracks 77-153). Micropolis disks tended to be the latter.
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Useful references
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