19 Jan
2023
19 Jan
'23
5:22 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 5:13 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
True. But if it is known to be a DEC (RX50) disk, reading it from Linux
is a well known standard thing to do. I have been doing it for more than
20 years, with RSTSFLX (writing, too). Standard PC floppies have no
trouble at all, you just have to set the mode to 10 sectors per track.
The first thing one should do is obtain an image of the disk. I'd hate
for some guy to continue to have a conviction on their record because some
(well meaning) community member messed up the disk.
Once you have an image, you can use whatever tools (C code. loopback on
Unix) you want to access decipher it.
Also maybe it's not something that can be widely discussed.
Most of all I'm amazed you're picking an argument over this.