ImageDisk and some 8" images posted - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

3 Aug 2005

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Subject: Re: ImageDisk and some 8" images posted
   From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
   Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:14:44 -0500
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

On 8/3/05, Tim Shoppa <shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com> wrote:
   Any
chance you have some RX01 disks to try?  They are SSSD [...]  
 They're just perfectly standard IBM 3740-format SSSD floppies.   If
 the PC-clone used has a FDC that does single density, what could
 possibly be a problem? 
Untested software is prone to odd breakage?

I'm not saying "it will never work"... I was just curious if he had
any RX01s to verify proper functionality.  Unfortunately, he does not.
 I can't say when I'd have the chance to do my own tests, but 2007 is
looking pretty good.

-ethan 
RX01s are so generic they are a standard for 3740.  Seriously if it can't 
read RX01 its more than broke.  Now if it reads more unusual formats that
are not clearly 3740 then thats different.  

FYI: I use 765A(base chip on S100), 9266(765A from SMC with internal data sep),
and 37C65 (WDpart) and 37c665(in a PC) to read and write RX01 and 
SSSD CP/M interchange media no problem.  In fact I get RX01 floppies by
formatting them using that hardware as RX01 can't format blank media.

Allison