OT: OT (TECH): Old media revisited (< OT: TV

Hi!

Mark J. Reed writes:
>...
> Are Apple CP/M disks readable by other CP/M systems?  ...
Short answer: no.

I had an Apple ][e (in German 7bit ASCII: Apple ÜÄe, btw...), and I
could not read the disks.  IIRC, the hardware tracks of the Apple
disks are at different offsets and spacing, so normal PC hardware
cannot easily be reprogrammed to find the tracks (or it may even be
impossible because it cannot physically reach the locations with its
step motor driven head positioning).

**Henrik

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