8 Oct
2024
8 Oct
'24
3:27 p.m.
I figured he was mistaken, the old 'standard' is SSSD.
-- Roger Arrick -- Tyler, Texas, USA -- Roger(a)Arrick.com --
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From: Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 5:24 PM
To: roger arrick via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Cc: Fred Cisin <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Valuable floppy archiving: seeking current best practice
On Tue, 8 Oct 2024, roger arrick via cctalk wrote:
We need a lot more of this type of preservation.
I've been doing my part and built an imagedisk machine with an Adaptec 1522CF
controller which allows me to read single density.
I've started specializing in systems with 8" drives.
Imagedisk along with 22DISK to read and copy CP/M files, and anadisk to dive into weird
formats.
All running DOS 5 via SD card on a machine that use to run Windows 95.
. . .
I run my SA850 open so I can see the head surface.
They are easy to clean and not near as delicate as we've always heard.
. . .
Reading SSSD 8" 28x128 77 track disks is fairly
easy.
A trivial nit:
he said DOUBLE sided; which is unimprtant other than they are not "CP/M
Standard" format.
I ageee that Imagedisk is a good way to handle it.
IFF there were format weirdities, such as copy protection, then a flux
transition board is good.
I'm not sure how much good "baking" does.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com