P112

Some more data points. I have tried four different floppy cables and 6 different floppy drives (different brands, as well). I? had one combination where it actually booted the P112/GIDE floppy.? Got sector read errors.? But wait, it gets better.? I rebooted about a half dozen times.? The errors move.? Never the same sectors twice.? What the system does depends on which sectors fail to read. None of the disks created with winrawwrite work.? I am going to assume at this point that USB floppies can not be used to build these images.? I have a dos box with a real floppy interface but moving stuff to it is not easy. (time to fire up Kermit again!!) In most cases I get "unrecognizable disk format" or "error reading boot track(s)" followed by "unrecognizable disk format". I do have to admit that I find it hard to believe that the cable to the floppy can actually make a difference. bill