Yes, we need to be able to access the files. I’m going to see if my old 486 will still boot up, I know I used to use it with imaging RX50 floppies. I’m not an x86 collector, so have a pretty limited selection of PC Hardware. I’m on my Sabbatical right now, so this request came in at a good time. Though first I have to finish up on some VAX and Alpha systems I’m working on, so as to free up space. That or finish a cleaning project in my office. :-) The cleaning project is needed to finish the VAX/Alpha projects…
Is there any chances of reading these with Commodore 128 running CP/M, or a Kaypro 2? The Kaypro is definitely on my “project list”, it worked last time I played with it. I *might* have a DEC Rainbow, or I might have given it away. If I do, I have no idea of its condition. An Apple //e would be another old system with 5.25” drives, but seems more unlikely. I might still have an old Kaypro PC, though it hasn’t been used since ’94 (and there is a good chance it went to LCM). My focus is DEC and Commodore, though I do have a lot of Apple // gear. Zane > On May 25, 2021, at 9:38 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Imagedisk is great for making images. > > BUT, the original request is not for images, it is for the previous owned > wanting access to be able to use the content of the FILES that are in those > images. > > > On Tue, 25 May 2021, Tom Hunter wrote: > >> Dunfield's ImageDisk reads and writes them just fine on most older PCs with >> a decent floppy controller. >> As Chuck G writes "TestFDC" will tell you if the floppy controller is >> usable for imaging. >> >> Best regards >> Tom Hunter >> >> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 2:26 AM Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> There were two Osborne floppy formats. Both CP/M. >>> >>> IIRC, the original format was "Single Density" (FM), 10 sectors per track, >>> with 256 bytes per sector (similar to the TRS80-Model-1. That will >>> require FM/SD capability. Most NEC FDCs did not support that. Dave >>> Dunfield has a test program that will tell you whether your FDC can handle >>> it. >>> >>> Then, they switched to "Double Density" (MFM) IIRC: 5 sectors per track, >>> with 1024 bytes per sector. Any PC FDC with access to INT13h and INT1Eh >>> will work with appropriate software. (NOT external USB drives) >>> >>> >>> WITH appropriate software, a flux transition device, such as your >>> Catweasel, could do it. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 24 May 2021, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> >>>> A photographer I know contacted me last night asking about reading >>> Osborne 1 floppies. What does it take to read these? >>>> >>>> The only Catweasel board I have is the old Zorro 2 board for the Amiga. >>> I do have 5.25” floppy drives. Neither of us have an Osborne anymore (I >>> think mine went to Jim Willing). >>>> >>>> Zane
