Re: Vista Support Software

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/22/2012 11:39 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>> To my great dismay, all the DOS 3.3 and Pascal driver support diskettes for my
>> Vista A800 8" drive controller are blown and unreadable.
>> 
>> Does anyone have good copies of these that they wouldn't mind imaging?
> 
> Quick update:  I was able to recover everything but the Pascal driver by
> trying a couple of different Disk ][ units.  Unfortunately, nothing was
> unable to read anything useful from the Pascal Attach diskette.  Only the
> first track is intact.  It may have always been that way for all I know (never used it).
> 
> So, if anyone can find the A800 Pascal 1.1 support - much appreciated!

Steven, try taking a look at the disk using Copy II Plus's hi-res disk
scan, under the bit copy option. That will quickly reveal which tracks are
formatted, and the extent of damage to formatting. 

I'd not expect any protection on a driver disk, but there may be some
damage. 

Also try a simple bit copy. It could recover a usable copy.  (I presume
you've already tried a sector copy--it can also yield a working disk.)

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon