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ADAM 320K Center Directory Digital Data Pack

E&T SOFTWARE / M.M.S.G. · Mass Storage
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Catalogue IDHW-0321
ManufacturerE&T SOFTWARE / M.M.S.G.
Person or teamEd Jenkins
TypeMass Storage (Storage)
PlatformADAM
StatusReleased
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

A data pack holding 320K rather than Coleco's 256K - a third party getting more onto the ADAM's own medium after Coleco had left the machine.

What it means

  • Coleco's packs hold 256K, as 128 one-kilobyte blocks on each of two tracks.
  • More capacity on the same mechanism means more tape in the shell, a denser layout, or both - and a drive in good alignment to read it.

The centre directory format is the standard one that most ADAM software expects; right directory packs were mostly Coleco's SuperGames.

HOW THE 320K WAS ACHIEVED is not recorded and is the interesting question here. The packaging or the accompanying documentation would answer it.