27 Oct
1998
27 Oct
'98
9:48 a.m.
On 27 Oct 98 at 12:55, CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
Tim have you been into a particularly suppressive or anal-retentive mode
lately ? What's the harm ? And I'm sorry but this was a CPM FAQ not an
8' fd faq. Much less a well-discussed one. FAQs were created to answer
repetitious questions not to eliminate the need for particular group
discussion of the theme.. Reminds me of the old guilds where smithy methods
should not be discussed among the profane. I don't remember you posting
objections to any other thread. Why this ?
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
With a few of
my Linux
tools, I may even be able to make images on modern media, though I'm
unclear as to how to translate 77-track x 34 (256byte) sector media
to 80-track x 18 (512byte) sector media. I know it will fit fine --
whether it can be used directly if an adapter is made to connect the
new drives to the old hardware I don't know
Again, this is well discussed in Q16 ("Can I use the newer floppy
drives on my old machine?") of the CP/M FAQ. See
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/CPM-faq/faq.html
-- and track 0 was single
density IIRC, the boot ROM might be sticky.
And there are several
tools - most notably Teledisk - which can handle split-density
floppies.
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