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There are two levels of organisation of the data on a disc. The first and most complex is the data pattern laid down at formatting, which is dependent partly on the software and partly on the hardware. This layout will be discussed later in the chapter.

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© 1986 R. I. M. Sadek

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Sadek, R.I.M. (1986). Disc Layout. In: The Complete Disc Manual for the BBC Microcomputer. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08590-3_11

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