Question

It was 11 Dec 98 and 01:26:00, Dmitry Lomov wrote to Kirill Frolov
on the topic Question
Not seeing a moderator nearby, I decided to insert a word:

DL> before that, check the system for correctness, and then just
DL> subtract. STORM does this.

It calls most of the disks 'not valid'.

What if the floppy disk has 3000 sectors?

With best wishes, Kirill Frolov.

RP>> The second one seems to be more reliable, but is it so common that there is incorrect information in the 8
RP>> sector?

PF> This case can only occur after a MOVE interruption. Therefore
PF> it is better to determine in sector 8 - faster.

What will happen if _accidentally_ the information was damaged there? For example, disk
error? Files will be killed.

KF> What will happen if the information was _accidentally_ damaged?
KF> For example, disk error? The files will be killed.

If the information there is accidentally damaged, then they don’t work with such a disk.
More precisely, on the contrary, they work with it intensively. At the doctor. :-)

Bye, with a pack of vicious, Pavel Fedin.

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On Tuesday December 15 1998 Pavel Fedin wrote to Kirill Frolov:

PF> If the information there is accidentally damaged, then they will not work with such a disk
PF>. More precisely, on the contrary, they are working hard with him. At the doctor. :-)
Come on, this is not such a common operation. This is only necessary when creating a file.

Bye, Pavel! With the best wishes, Megus of Brainwave.

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PF> If the information is accidentally damaged there, then they do not work with such a disk.
PF> More precisely, on the contrary, they work with it intensively. At the doctor. :-)

Do they look with their hands and eyes? In the emulator...

PF> -+- Spot 1.3b #118

Well, you’re not seriously using any programs on the Spectrum.

PF>> Therefore,
PF>> it is better to determine by 8 sectors - faster.
KS> In general, reliability is better for programs than speed, because because of
KS> the unreliability of your program, people will not use it.

Complete nonsense has been written about speed. Calculating in the catalog or looking in the 8
sector is almost the same time, only you need to read more from the disk. But if
the directory is cached, then there will be no problems.

PF>> More precisely, on the contrary, they are working hard on him. At the doctor. :-)

KF> Do they look with their hands and eyes? In the emulator...

What does the emulator have to do with it?