Add some F85 documentation.

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| Format | Read? | Write? | Notes |
|:-----------------------------------------|:-----:|:------:|-------|
| [AES Superplus / No Problem](doc/disk-aeslanier.md) | 🦖 | | hard sectors! |
| [Durango F85](doc/disk-durangof85.md) | 🦖 | | 8-inch _and_ hard sectors |
| [Victor 9000](doc/disk-victor9k.md) | 🦖 | | 8-inch |
| [Zilog MCZ](doc/disk-zilogmcz.md) | 🦖 | | 8-inch _and_ hard sectors |
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Disk: Durango F85
=================
The Durango F85 was an early office computer based around an 8085 processor,
sold in 1977. It ran its own multitasking operating system call DX-85M, as
well as CP/M. It had an interesting electric-typewriter form factor, with a
little monitor sitting on the side of it --- in operation you were facing the
14" printer.
It was touted as being portable. Which it was, if you were strong; the story
is that they had to do an extensive search to find someone capable of lifting
it for the following photo...
<div style="text-align: center">
<img src="durangof85.jpg" style="max-width: 60%" alt="A Durango F85, held precariously">
</div>
...and even then, only for a few seconds.
It used 5.25 soft-sectored disks storing an impressive-for-those-days
480kBish on a side, using a proprietary 4-in-5 GCR encoding. They used 77
tracks, 12 sectors and 512 bytes per sector. Later models used double-sided
disks; I don't have access to an image of one so don't know how they work
(there's a suspicious looking spare byte in the sector header which could
store the side). As always, if you have one, please [get in
touch](https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine/issues/new).
Reading discs
-------------
Just do:
```
.obj/fe-readf85
```
You should end up with an `f85.img` which is 472064 bytes long.
Useful references
-----------------
There's amazingly little information about these things.
* [Chuck Guzis' F85 page](http://www.sydex.com/durango/durango.html) with lots of pictures

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