diff --git a/doc/disk-victor9k.md b/doc/disk-victor9k.md index 01f49699..9bba7dc5 100644 --- a/doc/disk-victor9k.md +++ b/doc/disk-victor9k.md @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ the speed zone allocation on head 1 differ from head 0... | 1 | 4-15 | 0-7 | 18 | 224.5 | | 2 | 16-26 | 8-18 | 17 | 212.2 | | 3 | 27-37 | 19-29 | 16 | 199.9 | -| 4 | 38-48 | 30-40 | 15 | 187.6 | -| 5 | 49-59 | 41-51 | 14 | 175.3 | +| 4 | 38-47\* | 30-39\* | 15 | 187.6 | +| 5 | 48-59 | 40-51 | 14 | 175.3 | | 6 | 60-70 | 52-62 | 13 | 163.0 | | 7 | 71-79 | 63-74 | 12 | 149.6 | | 8 | | 75-79 | 11 | 144.0 | @@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ the speed zone allocation on head 1 differ from head 0... FluxEngine, the disk always spins at 360 rpm, which corresponds to a rotational period of 166 ms.) -FluxEngine can read and write the single-sided variant of these. (Double-sided -will be trivial to do, it's just not done yet.) +\*The Victor 9000 Hardware Reference Manual has a bug in the documentation +and lists Zone 4 as ending with track 48 on head 0 and track 40 on head 1. +The above table matches observed data on various disks and the assembly +code in the boot loader, which ends Zone 4 with track 47 on head 0 +and track 39 on Head 1. + +FluxEngine can read and write both the single-sided and double-sided variants. Reading discs ------------- @@ -35,10 +40,14 @@ Reading discs Just do: ``` -fluxengine read victor9k-ss +fluxengine read + ``` -You should end up with an `victor9k.img` which is 627200 bytes long. +...where `` can be `victor9k_ss` or `victor9k_ds`. + +For `victor9k_ss` you should end up with an `victor9k.img` which is 627200 bytes long. +For `victor9k_ds` you should end up with an `victor9k.img` which is 1224192 bytes long. **Big warning!** The image is triangular, where each track occupies a different amount of space. Victor disk images are complicated due to the way the tracks @@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ Writing discs Just do: ``` -fluxengine read victor9k-ss -i victor9k.img +fluxengine read victor9k_ss -i victor9k.img ``` **Big warning!** This uses the same triangular disk image that reading uses.