From: asc135@yahoo.com   
      
   Bill Gunshannon wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > 	Amardeep S Chana  writes:   
   >>                                                                  a CoCo   
   >> can read/write sectors from Model III and 4 disks since they also use   
   >> 256 byte double density soft sector format. I'm not 100% sure if any of   
   >> the CoCo controllers are capable of FM encoding which is used in Model I   
   >> disks (even Model I double density disks since track 0 is single density   
   >> on those).   
   >   
   > But, can't the Model III do that?  It would still make it possible to   
   > move data onto the TRS80's with something a bit more sophisticated than   
   > Kermit.   
      
   Yes, Model III can definitely read/write FM single density format.   
   However, it is also unable to write the non-standard DAMs used in the   
   Model I TRSDOS 2.x directory track.   
      
   There is a workaround, however.  If you already have TRSDOS 2.3 booted,   
   you can poke a value into memory that allows it to read a disk with a   
   normal DAM.  Then you can copy its files to a disk formatted on the   
   Model I... or simply label it as needing the poke.  :-)   
      
   There is a lot of good information in Tim Mann's FAQ, including the   
   TRSDOS 2.3 patch at this link:   
      
   http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80faq.html#[13]   
      
   Have fun!   
      
   Amardeep   
      
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