16 Apr
2007
16 Apr
'07
7:55 p.m.
Hi,
I've been reading various threads in the archives about reading and writing
to old floppy disks, and the Compaticard has been metioned a few times.
I read the following on www.sydex.com:
" We do floppy conversion (diskette conversion), we can copy any diskette.
We have special hardware for reading non-PC floppies. We are the authors of
22Disk, 22Nice, CopyQM and TeleDisk. We still have a few CompatiCard
controllers for sale--please inquire about them. We can supply 5.25 inch and
8 inch drives. If it's on diskette, we can handle it. "
Personally I am still thinking about buying a Catweasel card, but am unsure
about software for reading and writing hard-sector floppies. I have a
Northstar Advantage and am happy to make copies of the system disks (for
cost of disks and postage), this uses 10-sector floppies. I also have a AES
Superplus IV which is a WP system that uses 16-sector floppies, however the
system doesn't allow copies of disks to be be made so once my disk fails /
wears out that's it. Having some means to copy disks and store an image file
for posterity would be nice, but I am eyeing up the AES for spare parts so
wouldn't be sad to give up on trying to copy the system disks (there only
seem to be a handful of these systems out there so no great loss there I
think). There are plenty of Northstar Advantage owners around, and as long
as just one system is working then there is a means of copying floppies for
the next guy.
Regards,
John
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