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1571 Disk

SECTORS PER TRACK
TRACK NUMBER
SECTORS AVAILABLE
TOTAL
1 to 17
0 to 20
21
18 to 24
0 to 18
19
25 to 30
0 to 17
18
31 to 35
0 to 16
17
36 to 52
0 to 20
21
53 to 59
0 to 18
19
60 to 65
0 to 17
18
66 to 70
0 to 16
17

 

BAM FORMAT AND DIRECTORY HEADER
TRACK 18 SECTOR 0
BYTE
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
0
18
Track pointer to first directory block
1
1
Sector pointer to first directory block
2
65
ASCII 'A' for format type
3
128
1571 format Disk
4
Number of sector available in Track 1
5
Track 1, sector 0-7 availability map *
6
Track 1, sector 8-15 availability map *
7
Track 1, sector 16-23 availability map *
8
Number of sector available in Track 2
9
Track 2, sector 0-7 availability map *
10
Track 2, sector 8-15 availability map *
11
Track 2, sector 16-23 availability map *
> > >
 
140
Number of sector available in Track 35
141
Track 35, sector 0-7 availability map *
142
Track 35, sector 8-15 availability map *
143
Track 35, sector 17-23 availability map *
144-159
Diskette name padded with spaces
160-161
160
Shifted space [CHR$(160)]
162-163
Diskette ID
164
160
Shifted space [CHR$(160)]
165
50
ASCII '2' for dos version
166
65
ASCII 'A' for format type
167-170
160
Shifted spaces [CHR$(160)]
171-220
Not used
221-237
Number of sector available on track 36 to 52 **
238
0
Track 53 is reserved for Side 2 BAM
239-255
Number of sector available on track 54 to 70 **

* A binary of 1 indicates that the sector is available, while 0 indicates an allocated sector.
** Each track by each byte.

 

SIDE 2 BAN
TRACK 53 SECTOR 0
BYTE
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
0
Track 36, sector 0-7 availability map *
1
Track 36, sector 8-15 availability map *
2
Track 36, sector 16-23 availability map *
> > >
 
102
Track 70, sector 0-7 availability map *
103
Track 70, sector 8-15 availability map *
104
Track 70, sector 16-23 availability map *
105-255
0
Not used

* A binary of 1 indicates that the sector is available, while 0 indicates an allocated sector.


Commodore Cheetah made by Allen Monks, started in the year 2000.