29 Nov
1999
29 Nov
'99
10:49 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Needed: 1 IBM 8" alignment disk.
read
>"I'd be willing to bet that the Sykes
hardware in question isn't
>capable of formatting a raw 8" floppy."
It cannot format anything.
Is there any reason to beleive this device used
standard SD soft-sectored
discs, and wrote in the same format as IBM used?
Does the Sykes claim to be RX01-compatible? If so, it ought to be able to standard IBM 3740 floppies.
No it doesn't.. When did RX01s come out? They mention in the manual that you
can copy its disks with a IBM 3741 copier???
There are third-party-for-DEC-systems drives out there that don't
emulate RX01 or RX02, and use their own propietary data formats. The
AED 6200 is an example.
Tim.