Creating an 8-inch floppy from 3.5-inch Teledisk image - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Mar 2007

-------------- Original message from "Glen Slick" <glen.slick at
gmail.com>: -------------- 

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  On 3/23/07, Richard Lynch wrote: 

 I ran into this file a few years back and wasn't able to do much with it. I 
 later created my own Altos floppy images using both Teledisk and Imagedisk. 
 I'll send them to you offlist for you to try out. 
 Richard Lynch 

 I have an ACS8000-7 dual floppy and an ASC8000-10 floppy / hard drive. 

 On both of them I get the monitor prompt to insert a floppy for 
 autoboot (the -10 fails the hard drive boot first). I tried creating 
 floppies from ACSBTMD1.IMD and DIAG26K.IMD and I don't get any 
 indication that anything is happening on either system with either 
 floppy. No additional output on the terminal and it doesn't appear 
 that the floppy is seeking at all. 

 I don't know for certain that the floppy drives are actually working 
 on either system other than the motors running. I got them as-is a 
 couple of years ago with no boot floppies and no way to create boot 
 floppies at the time. 

 I suppose I could pull the drives and attach them to the PC I used to 
 write the floppies and see if I can read the floppies back ok. That 
 sounds too much work like work instead of fun for this evening. 

 -Glen  
Glen

I have both of theses and you should hear the drives load and unload
the heads. .  One of the problems I have is the head (nut and screw)
assembly stick and the head never gets back to track 0.  I have also
had to replace the floppy disk controller chip in my 8000/2  in the past

These use different  boot disks.   I have both if you need another sorce.

No too sure what is in the ZIP file.  

- Jerry