I figured he was mistaken, the old 'standard' is SSSD.

--  Roger Arrick -- Tyler, Texas, USA -- ro...@arrick.com --

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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

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