31 Dec
1998
31 Dec
'98
7:15 a.m.
So I built the PC to 8 inch floppy converter and
got the software working (see other message).
I have tested four of the six drives I have and...
THEY ALL WORK!
Not only that, but they all agree with each other.
That is, a disk formatted and written on one drive
will read on any other drive.
Can I assume that this means they are all
properly aligned? I find this hard to believe
as two of the drives were mishandled during
shipping so badly that they sheared off their
mounting bolts and a few of the components
on one of the electronics boards were
damaged (more in next message).
Finally, where is write protection enforced?
There is a signal from the drive to the controller.
Is that just for the controllers information or
does the controller enforce the protection?
If the controller or software is bad can a drive
be forced to write to a protected disk?
Bill Sudbrink
31 Dec
31 Dec
7:42 a.m.
New subject: ZDTV sightings...
ZDTV is running a news story on donation of old equipment (right now) and -
of all things - they had a *big* table full of classic equipment! Just in
glancing, I saw 2 Tandy 100/102's, I think an Epson HX-20, and -
wherethehell'dtheygetit??? a Tandy 600! That really caught my eye.
I'd like to find out what they are doing with the machines *after* the
story...
See ya next year,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
8:13 a.m.
New subject: ZDTV sightings...
ZDTV is running a news story on donation of old
equipment (right now) and -
of all things - they had a *big* table full of classic equipment! Just in
glancing, I saw 2 Tandy 100/102's, I think an Epson HX-20, and -
wherethehell'dtheygetit??? a Tandy 600! That really caught my eye.
Hmmm...I was flipping around on cable today and saw a glimpse of a machine.
In the movie Manhattan Project (John Lithgow and some kid), toward the
end of the movie they're sitting in the lab after the kid's assembled his
little nuke and in the background it looked like an 11/20 or an 11/45 and
definitely had a pair of DecTape drives on it. Just got a glimpse though
because I blinked. Thought that was amusing since the film was made in the
80s.
Anthony Clifton, kc0cue
10:31 a.m.
New subject: ZDTV sightings...
Hmmm...I was flipping around on cable today and saw a glimpse of a machine.
In the movie Manhattan Project (John Lithgow and some kid), toward the
end of the movie they're sitting in the lab after the kid's assembled his
little nuke and in the background it looked like an 11/20 or an 11/45 and
definitely had a pair of DecTape drives on it. Just got a glimpse though
because I blinked. Thought that was amusing since the film was made in the
80s.
Anthony Clifton, kc0cue
Hell, Princeton Plasma Physics was still using an 11/10 (or 11/05)
to measure stuff at the Tokamak in about 84 or 85. RCA Solid State
was running an 11/20 up through about 85 as well in Somerville, NJ.
Bill
8:39 a.m.
New subject: ZDTV sightings...
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Roger Merchberger wrote:
ZDTV is running a news story on donation of old
equipment (right now) and -
of all things - they had a *big* table full of classic equipment! Just in
glancing, I saw 2 Tandy 100/102's, I think an Epson HX-20, and -
wherethehell'dtheygetit??? a Tandy 600! That really caught my eye.
That might've been footage from VCF 2.0. Sounds like Roger Sinasohn's
exhibit.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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8:06 a.m.
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Can I assume that this means they are all
properly aligned? I find this hard to believe
as two of the drives were mishandled during
shipping so badly that they sheared off their
mounting bolts and a few of the components
on one of the electronics boards were
damaged (more in next message).
Why not - they one tough drive! 8-)
Finally, where is write protection enforced?
There is a signal from the drive to the controller.
Is that just for the controllers information or
does the controller enforce the protection?
If the controller or software is bad can a drive
be forced to write to a protected disk?
Write protection is controlled by the drive.
How ever please NEVER leave a disk i9n the drive
when you turn them off - they are not friendly.
That is one quick way to trash a disk....
BC
8:45 a.m.
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