Help needed identifying old MFM drives from the excavation
Chris Zach
cz at alembic.crystel.com
Sun Dec 6 21:34:13 CST 2020
> I'd suspect that at least a few of these were from PERQ systems, given
> their provenance. Vertex V150s and Miniscribes were commonly used in
> the T2 models. As another listmember mentioned, Dave Gesswein's MFM
> emulator will image these (and can decode PERQ hard drive formats.)
Probably. I didn't realize Perqs used reasonable sized drives, there's a
box there I've dug out with what looks like a transparent 8 inch drive
that I will try to disassemble and get up the stairs next time. Think
"dungeon" and "Y2" class steps....
> (If you do manage to capture PERQ images, please let me know...)
Absolutely. I have yet more Perq manuals as well and floppies. Did Perqs
only use 8 inch disks or should I keep eyes out for 5.25 as well?
https://i.imgur.com/ohuohvC.jpg
Chris
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