Apple double-density 3 1/2" disk
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The Apple double-density 3 1/2" disk was used on the Macintosh (with the MFS file system) and the Apple II line (with the ProDOS file system). It was a disk format with 80 tracks per side and a variable 8 to 12 sectors per track, with each sector storing 512 bytes. When used in single-sided mode, its capacity was 400 kilobytes; this became 800 in double-sided mode. Data was encoded using a form of GCR encoding. The drive ran at constant linear velocity (CLV), meaning that the RPM rate varied depending on which track was being read.
