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

[Chuck Guzis]

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