Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:31:02 +0000 From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] FD Image
On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 10:38 pm, you wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:20:57 -0800 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] FD Image > > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:17:23 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIB] FD Image > > In a message dated 1/22/03 5:25:16 AM Mountain Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Lee, > > > > Would rawrite2 and raread1.1 work with non PC based floppies? I have > > vintage industrial equipment that came with floppy drives in case the > > machines hanged and needed to be hard reset-ed. I know they are of some > > propietary format (e.g. Mitsubishi and Fanuc controllers). When those > > boot floppies of mine go bad and I don't have any backup ... I'm gonna be > > in big trouble ... > > > > Oliver > > My guess would be yes, but it is purely a guess. There would be no harm in > trying it, except for one more read of, and associated wear to, the > floppies. Maybe Neil or other non-DOS gurus have experience here? > > Lee AFAIK, rawrite and friends exist for various machines - pc, amiga etc - but it doesn't look as if there's a lot of support for non-standard disks. If they use a standard sector/track layout, there's a chance... (using a suitable sized disk drive on a pc) rawwrite is windows only. Neil ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
