9 Jan
2003
9 Jan
'03
4:03 p.m.
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Richard A. Cini wrote:
Hello, all:
Scott has made much progress in repairing my N* machine. Well,
calling it a N* is a stretch since the only thing N* about it is the
motherboard, case and disk controller.
Anyway, I'm having diskette issues. I have two theoretically good
single-density controllers and disk drives, and Don Maslin made replacement
boot disks for me. These disks don't boot, although the controller attempts
to access them. It may be that the replacement SD disks were made from a DD
controller, but I don't know for sure.
That is correct, Rich. They were created on the DD controller and
booted it nicely. I am now exploring getting media that was made on a
SD controller and will try to duplicate it on a SD controller that I
found that I have.
- don
So, I have two choices -- obtain SD boot diskettes
made with an SD
controller or get a N* DD controller (MDS-AD|AD2|AD3). Any other thoughts or
recommendations appreciated. Thanks.
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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