Re: Apple DOS 3.2 help! HOW?

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

I still have a 3.2.1 master disk with the cute lil Apple label on it, as
well as the manual.

Roy

"Mr. Boffo" wrote:

> On 25 Nov 2000 08:51:29 +0100, pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>
> >In article <01c05666$72443720$2a294ad1@tracyb>,
> >DarkCode <no-one@microsoft-sucks.com> wrote:
> >
> >> MUFFIN transfers data from 13 sector disk to a 16 sector disk.
> >
> >MUFFIN transfers data from a 13-sector Apple DOS disk only.  MUFFIN
> >is useless on 13-sector disks containing other OS'es.  Yes, there are
> >such 13-sector disks: neither Apple Pascal nor ProDOS ever made it to
> >13-sector disks, but Apple CP/M briefly existed on 13-sector disks.
> >I still have a 13-sector Apple CP/M disk from an early version of the
> >SoftCard package.  I never use it of course, it's merely a
> >collertor's item nowadays.  I did boot it a few months ago though, to
> >run DDT on it and figure out the disk parameters used in the
> >13-sector version of Apple CP/M.
>
> My dear sir, as a member of the Preservation of Ridiculously Old And
> Useless Bits group, I beseech you to make a backup copy of that
> 13-sector disk at some point in the future.
>
> As you may know, old disks can suffer from "bit rot", from a variety
> of sources.. strong magnetic fields, and even the oxide getting
> unglued from the plastic media. Your collector's item may eventually
> turn into a pretty disk with a nice label.. and no readable data.
>
> Whoops, the label adhesive dried out, and cracked. So now all you
> have is this pretty disk, with a smudged spot where there WAS a
> label.. and no readable data, either..
>
> Who wants to play disk-frisbee?
>
> -Mr. Boffo
>
> Email: mister_boffo@hotmail.com