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CWVG

cube1@charter.net
25 Aug 2021 25 Aug '21
3:39 p.m.
I don't have that code, however a couple of points: First of all, I think Vector Graphic actually used Micropolis drives (and I suspect yours are because of the hard sectoring). I have Micropolis drives on my Altair. Back in 2006 I imaged my floppies - by reading the sectors on my Altair and transferring the data over to my PC and saving an image file. Note that at least for the 100 TPI Mod II model you'd have to use an actual Micropolis drive or the tracks won't line up. I don't know if that is also true of the Mod I drives which have a more standard tracks per inch. Back in 2006 I modified some existing catweasel code I got from Jim Battle to handle Data General hard sector floppies, and if I remember correctly - this was all back in 2006 - also changed the code so that more stuff was in tables. You can find a link to download the code at: https://www.computercollection.net/index.php/specialized-interfaces/ It would require source code changes to read Micropolis floppies directly. Another option might be the open-source fluxengine, which has dead-simple hardware that plugs into USB, and can also process catweasel cell capture files. (Greaseweazle can't handle hard sector floppies yet) http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/index.html http://cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/disk-micropolis.html I am actually looking to re-image my Micropolis floppies (single sided, both Mod I and Mod II) to confirm my existing images, and have the requisite hardware on order from DigiKey which should arrive this week. Fluxengine already has support for hard sectoring, so I will give that a try and report back in a few days. JRJ On 8/24/2021 6:00 PM, Mike Loewen via cctech wrote:
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?? Back in the 2007 time frame, Andrew Lynch had written a utility to read Vector Graphic hard-sectored diskettes on a Catweasel board. Called "CWVG", does anyone have a copy of the program? Mike Loewen??????????????? mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology??????????????? http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
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