Format Organization; Memory Map - I/O - Commodore Computers 1581 Service Manual

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1581 SERVICE MANUAL
STORAGE:
SPECIFICATIONS (continued)
12 Bytes of 00
3 Bytes of Hex A1 (Data Hex A1, Clock Hex 0A)
1 Byte of Hex FB (Data Address Mark)
512 Bytes of Data
2 Bytes of CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
38 Bytes of Hex 4E
FORMAT ORGANIZATION
PHYSICAL:
Cylinders 0 thru 79
Sectors 1 thru 10 on Side 1
Sectors 1 thru 10 on Side 2
Sector Size 512
LOGICAL:
Tracks 1 thru 80
Sectors 0 thru 39 (Using physical Sectors 1 ...10 — Side 1 and 2)
Sector Size 256 Bytes
Total Unformatted Capacity
1 Megabyte
Total Formatted Capacity
808, 960 Bytes
Maximum Sequential File Size
802, 640 Bytes
Maximum Relative File Size
182, 880 Bytes
Records Per File
65, 535
Files Per Diskette
*296
Cylinders Per Diskette
80
Logical Sectors Per Cylinder
40
Physical Sectors Per Cylinder
20
Logical Bytes Per Sector
256
Physical Bytes Per Sector
512
Free Blocks Per Disk
3160
*More with Sub-Disk Partitioning
MEMORY MAP — I/O LOCATIONS
8Kx8 RAM
$0002-$1FFF
8520A
$4000-$4010
Controller, Serial Bus
WD 1770
$6000-$6003
MFM Disk Controller
32K x 8 ROM
$8000-$FFFF
DOS, Controller Code

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