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#2000 Harddrives

#: 123503 S8/Amiga at WorkForum unknown
    10-May-88 02:15:42
Sb: #123436-#2000 Harddrives
Fm: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
To: pam smith 71550,317

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RLL and FFS are completely separate issues. RLL is the method of writing data to the disk, and FFS the way the data is sent to the disk. In other words, RLL is 'how' and FFS is 'what' is being written. FFS uses all 512 bytes available in a disk sector, while the older system use only 488 bytes of the 512 for data and the other 24 bytes for pointers and the like. With the old system, the Amiga had to read in a sector, extract the 488 bytes from the 512 read and then move that data into memory. With FFS, the Amiga can read the whole 512 bytes right into memory with no intermediate steps. (that's a simplistic explanation…but it is basicaly what happens). RLL vs MFM is strictly between the controller and the disk…nothing at all to do with how the Amiga handles the data or not. In fact, RLL and MFM are used across all PCs, not just the Amiga. Don