Talk:Block allocation map

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Requested diagram

Someone requested a diagram here. I don't know if the View BAM screenshot is sufficient, but if not, I can create a SVG representation of a block allocation map. Crotalus horridus (TALK ● CONTRIBS) 12:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That screenshot is just a user interface and doesn't give the reader an idea of how a BAM is structured. I was thinking about something along the lines of a diagram with labelled boxes and arrows and whatnot. —Psychonaut

BAM on a 4040?

I seem to remember the PET using a 4040 disk drive.

How did the Commodore 4040 keep track of sectors that were allocated?

Did it have a BAM?

How did the 4040 keep track of the BAM? 216.99.198.237 (talk) 01:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plain nonsense ?

In terms of Commodore Business Machines compatible Disk Drives, the BAM was located at a different physical track and sector on each of the Commodore 1541, Commodore 1571, and Commodore 1581 disk drives. What? Why ... DRIVES? I think it's about floppy disks, the media, not the device where they were inserted into! AFAIK the BAM is located on a floppy disk directly (5.25"), not predefined on a floppy drive device. -amigamer 217.50.60.151 (talk) 23:45, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]