Group Code Recording


Group Code Recording

(storage)(GCR) A recording method used for 6250 BPI magnetic tapes.

GCR typically uses a group of five bits of code to representfour bits of data. The encoding ensures no more than two orthree zeros occur in a row, and no more than eight or so onesoccur in a row, where zeros represent an absense of magneticchange.

GCR is also used on Commodore Business Machines diskettedrives; the 4040, 8050, 154x, 157x and 158x series of 5.25"and 3.5" low and high density diskette drives used with 8-bithome computers circa 1977 to 1992. It was also supported onAmiga internal and external drives but only used for readingnon-Amiga disks.

Compare NRZI, PE.