I figured he was mistaken, the old 'standard' is SSSD. -- Roger Arrick -- Tyler, Texas, USA -- ro...@arrick.com --
________________________________ From: Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 5:24 PM To: roger arrick via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Fred Cisin <ci...@xenosoft.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Valuable floppy archiving: seeking current best practice On Tue, 8 Oct 2024, roger arrick via cctalk wrote: > We need a lot more of this type of preservation. > I've been doing my part and built an imagedisk machine with an Adaptec 1522CF > controller which allows me to read single density. > I've started specializing in systems with 8" drives. > Imagedisk along with 22DISK to read and copy CP/M files, and anadisk to dive > into weird formats. > All running DOS 5 via SD card on a machine that use to run Windows 95. . . . > I run my SA850 open so I can see the head surface. > They are easy to clean and not near as delicate as we've always heard. . . . > Reading SSSD 8" 28x128 77 track disks is fairly easy. A trivial nit: he said DOUBLE sided; which is unimprtant other than they are not "CP/M Standard" format. I ageee that Imagedisk is a good way to handle it. IFF there were format weirdities, such as copy protection, then a flux transition board is good. I'm not sure how much good "baking" does. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
