Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!samsung!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero!arecibo.aero.org From: goldstein@arecibo.aero.org (Fogbound Child) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Reading antiquated disk formats Message-ID: <85968@aerospace.AERO.ORG> Date: 18 Sep 90 23:15:11 GMT Sender: news@aerospace.aero.org Organization: The Aerospace Corporation Lines: 27 Disorganization: Chronic OK, this is a chance for people to show their age and/or ingenuity. I've got 5.25" disks from a variety of old machines, which are not MSDOS format compatible. I would like very much to be able to read some of the stuff and convert it to a MSDOS-readable format. The formats and machines are as follows: FORMAT OPERATING SYSTEM MACHINE --------------------------------------------------------------- 30 track, SS, SD MOS SysTek I 35 track, SS, DD MOS+ SysTek I 40 track, SS, DD Newdos 80 v2 TRS-80 Mod I 40 track, DS, DD Newdos 80 v2 TRS-80 Mod I I tried some half-hearted low-level hacking, but encountered great Trolls of the System (stuff like sectors numbered 0, etc), and fled in fear. Any Information would be greatly appreciated! (Please, no flames near my beloved antiques...) ___Samuel___ _________I_claim_and_accept_sole_responsibility_for_the_above._SjG.____________ | "I should have been a pair of ragged claws, | Scuttling across the floors of silent seas." (213) 336-3592 (9-5, M-F) | -- J. Alfred Prufrock (T. S. Eliot)