Genrad Futuredata 2300 development system service data

On 07/10/2013 11:28 AM, Al Kossow wrote: That would figure with the GCR encoding--although I did not realize that Micropolis got into the 8" drive arena with their controller. My interaction with them was strictly for the 5.25" 100 tpi gear. You're miles ahead of where I started with the Futuredata. Lockheed Martin sent about 5 8" floppies. No information whatsoever on what they came from--the people who might have known, given Lockheed's project setup, were long gone. It wasn't until I actually decoded the format and filesystem that I discovered the "FUTURE DATA" string in a couple of programs that my memory kicked in and I could identify the system that produced them. The project being developed used the 8086, IIRC. If you're interested, I may be able to locate my work (probably done about 10 years ago, so no promises) and shed a bit more light on things. --Chuck