> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson > via cctalk > Sent: 06 January 2018 02:50 > To: Guy Sotomayor <g...@shiresoft.com>; gene...@ezwind.net; > discuss...@ezwind.net:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: non-PC Floppy imaging > > On 01/05/2018 01:52 PM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I now have a number of uCode diskettes for my IBM 4331. I would > somehow like to image them so: > > a) I have backups in case the floppies themselves go bad > > b) be able to investigate their contents in case I have to “merge” the > contents of multiple floppies to > > make a single good one > > > > > Any possibility the 4331 can write to a floppy? I know next to nothing of > this > hardware. But, I know the VAX 11/780 really well. You could make copies of > its console floppy on that drive, once the OS was up. >
Yes it can, it writes error log data to the floppy. It’s a pity most of the operating guides to the 43xx boxes are lost which would be usefull as they will have instructions on how to back up the diskettes, > Jon Dave
