On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: > >> I have a bunch of .dsk RT11 400k image files I need to write to >> RX50 disks so I can boot from them on my 11/73 >> Somewhere there is a utility that will write the images to RX50 on a DEC >> Rainbow 100 under MS-DOS . Anybody know where to find it? >> > > Just to clarify: > You have some .dsk images of SSDD 96tpi for 11/73. You want to write them > to disk. > You are looking for a program running on DEC Rainbow 100 MS-DOS to do it. > > Any particular reason that you don't use any of the other systems that > have hardware capability to do it? > > such as: > PBM 1000 > Tandy 2000 > Eagle II > Toshiba T300 > Altos > Canon AS100 > IBM PC/JX > Seiko 8610 > Televideo TS1603 > or IBM PC/AT (5170) with 1.2M > None of those system produces disks that are quite right... They may work for short-term transfers, but long term the data retention rates are terrible. Warner
