archiving Heath H8/H89 hard-sectored disks - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Aug 2004

Hi Dan
 We have a separate mail group specifically for H8/H89
and also a program archive. We are interested in disk
images as well. I have written a bootstrap method of bringing
a H8/H89 machine up from scratch with a serial cable and
some blank disk. This can also be used as a general disk image
transfer program.
 We would like to get any information on your methods into
the archive and also images you may have.
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but the archives have a lot of good stuff.
Dwight

...
 From: "Dan Lanciani"
&lt;ddl-cctech(a)danlan.com&gt;

I've come up with a way to read Heath hard-sectored disks with a 1797-style
controller (with some modifications).  I've now archived all of my old disks
with only one unrecoverable error in an unused sector (not bad for media that
is approaching 30 years in age).  I do seem to have run through *drives* at
an alarming rate, though I hope that the cleaning disks I have on order will
restore some of them.  Is anyone interested in:

-Technical details (the method should work for many non-standard FM formats)?

-Having me read any H8 disks?

-Any distribution images that I might have?

				Dan Lanciani
				ddl(a)danlan.*com