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=== {{anchor|Victor|Sirius}}Sirius/Victor === Similar, the 5.25-inch floppy drives of the [[Sirius Systems Technology#Victor 9000 / Sirius 1|Victor 9000 aka Sirius 1]], designed by [[Chuck Peddle]] in 1981/1982, used a combination of GCR and [[zone bit recording]] by gradually decreasing a drive's rotational speed for the outer tracks in nine zones while increasing the number of sectors per track<ref>{{cite web |title=victor9k |website=FluxEngine documentation |url=https://cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/disk-victor9k.html |access-date=2024-07-19}}</ref> to achieve formatted capacities of {{val|606|u=KiB}} (single sided) / {{val|1188|u=KiB}} (double-sided) on [[96 tpi]] media<!-- (physical geometry: 80 tracks Γ 1/2 heads Γ (11-19) variable sectors Γ 512 bytes, [[FAT12]] file system, unknown logical geometry and FAT ID) -->.{{r|Sirius1_Specs|Victor_1983_Technical_Reference|Victor_1982_Technical_Reference|Sargent_1988}} The GCR code is identical to the Commodore one.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victor 9000 format |website=DiscFerret wiki |url=https://discferret.com/wiki/Victor_9000_format |access-date=2024-07-19}}</ref>
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