Fwd: 8" floppy technical data

On 21 Feb 2007 at 13:21, John Foust wrote: We received the same email. Unfortunately, this doesn't go far towards explaining a whole lot. All I can garner from this is that the writer has an 8" drive that writes MFM 256-byte sectors. The "3740 compatible" is probably a red herring, as most soft-sectored SSDD/SSSD diskettes had a legend to this effect. Beyond that, we don't know what operating system software is being used. If it's proprietary, the job of unraveling it can take a fair amount of effort (just ask me about 6580 Displaywriter or DECMate WPS I diskettes!). We quoted the OP our standard consulting rates. If there's someone out there who wants to do the work for nothing, please feel free to do so. Cheers, Chuck