Re: ID-ing a PC backup format

2015-11-06 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 11/06/2015 07:14 AM, Alexander Schreiber wrote: On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 05:35:51PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote: That sounds like the pcbackup program from the PC Tools suite from Central Point. Thanks, but I've been there already. Unless this is a very early version (pre PCTools 4), it's n

Re: ID-ing a PC backup format

2015-11-06 Thread Alexander Schreiber
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 05:35:51PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote: > I've got a set of mystery 5.25" DD floppies that appear to be a > backup of some sort. 10 x 512 byte sectors per track, 40 cylinders, > double-sided. Normal sector IDs (Side 0: 0/ Side 1: 1), 1-10. > > No, it's not FASTBACK nor does i

Re: ID-ing a PC backup format

2015-11-04 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 11/04/2015 05:48 PM, Mouse wrote: Well, just in case you managed to miss it, note the "TURBOC\" string starting at offet 97. I don't know whether this is the name of the directory being backed up or some indication that it's a Turbo C backup program or what, but it might be some kind of

Re: ID-ing a PC backup format

2015-11-04 Thread Mouse
> I've got a set of mystery 5.25" DD floppies that appear to be a > backup of some sort. [...] > The start of the first sector of the first floppy looks like this: > 00 50 43 42 41 43 4B 55 50-2E 01 00 50 43 42 00 06 [...] > 90 9A 01 00 1E 00 01 00 54-55 52 42 4F 43 5C 00 00 > Note th

ID-ing a PC backup format

2015-11-04 Thread Chuck Guzis
I've got a set of mystery 5.25" DD floppies that appear to be a backup of some sort. 10 x 512 byte sectors per track, 40 cylinders, double-sided. Normal sector IDs (Side 0: 0/ Side 1: 1), 1-10. No, it's not FASTBACK nor does it appear to be Central Point's PC Backup. The start of the first s