On 6/3/21 10:04 PM, Larry McElhiney via groups.io wrote:
" dd" doesn't care about disk formats.?
Same in my experience. ?I have copied DOS discs, UNIX disks, ATARI
discs, etc. ?It is is like doing a bit copy on a HD, ¡°1 or 0¡±
...except what is meant by "1" or "0" when you're encoding bits in
different types of flux transmissions? Are you aware of, for example,
FM, MFM, and GCR?
If what you're saying were true, there would be no need for
specialized software like Teledisk and ImageDisk. And the world has
depended on those programs for decades for this reason.
In short, you got lucky.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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