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Originally Posted by hooverphonique
is there really sync words in front of each sector (does trackdisk.device also do this) ? I am pretty sure, I always used the sync to identify the start of the track, not a sector, and then always read/wrote complete tracks..
I must go home and check my old code :-)
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Yes. Any sector can be "first sector" when using wordsync to start read DMA. "Start of the track" does not really exist in Amiga formatted disks
This is the usual way to read tracks, start long enough wordsynced DMA, first read sector is some random sector, use sector number in header to position decoded data correctly.