Anyone out there with a working Victor 9000 (US only)?

[Santo Nucifora]

Hi Chuck,

I have a working Victor 9000 dual floppy configuration and a dingle
floppy/hard disk configuration  but I'm in Canada.  I've tried to image
disks with a Kryoflux but have not figured out how to image disks to the
point of being able to re-create them.  The only way I have been able to
reproduce diskettes is to make copies on the Victor 9000 itself and that is
on the dual diskette version only, if I recall correctly.  If there is any
way I can help, I'd be happy to try.

Santo

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 8:25 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> On 10/1/21 5:04 PM, David Schmidt via cctalk wrote:
> > On 10/1/21 1:00 PM, Chuck Guzis<cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> >> Got a small batch (8) of Victor 9000 floppies, MSDOS ca. 1985.   I
> >> really don't want to write a decoder for such a small batch--I've got
> >> other things on the burner right now.   Anyone want to take a crack at
> >> transferring the data?   (Funds available).
> >>
> >> --Chuck
> > I don't have a Victor (looked for one for a while, and man, are they
> > heavy) because I have a couple of large-ish batch of disks here as well.
> >  I read them and have "triangular," Chuck Peddle-esque images, but not
> > sure how to get something like mtools to understand a triangular image.
> >  So I understand the motivation to just Kermit the files over to
> > something more sane. :-)
>
> That's basically it--I can read the transitions and probably figure out
> the GCR, but the zoned recording is going to take some work--taken all
> together, more work than I'm willing to put in for a one-time job.  I've
> got some pressing medical issues and don't really have the time to
> dedicate for this.
>
> A working Vicky would solve the problem, but I understand that not many
> have survived in working condition.  Funny--I used to pass the plant in
> Scotts Valley off of highway 17 on my way to the coast.
>
> --Chuck
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