re fd controller question in article apr nwnexus wa com paulf halcyon com marlboro man writes i am looking for a way to access the floppy drive at the i o level that is lower than the bios given the port assignments what controller chip spec sheet do i need info on my floppy is a m and i would also like to be able to write code that works on k disks as well also with the method of access is it possible to actually read the individual bytes on the track as they stream into the controller i m afraid the sector handling is done purely through hardware if on the off chance i can get this basic on the access anything to point me in the right direction would help a lot there is a file out there look for it with archie that is called theref zip which has lots of info on various pc things amongst which is also a detailed description of all floppy controller commands i think hard drive controller commands are not there it is possible to read an entire track including all gaps sector headers etc by setting sector size to something very large like k willem
