8 Feb
2009
8 Feb
'09
6 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
The Dysan Digital Diagnostic Diskette can not be
duplicated with an
unmodified drive, no matter what software or special controller you might
use. (dd, rawcopy, option board, Match-Point, etc.)
I believe there's a 5.25" version that has various portions that are pure
analog waveforms, too - you program your controller to read from those
particular tracks and then observe the waveforms coming off the read head,
using them to optimise alignment. The 8" version may not have been that
"sophisticated"...
Either way, copying / archiving is not really an option. Anyone know what
machine was used to create such disks in the first place?
cheers
Jules