Re: Vista Support Software

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Steven Hirsch" <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote in message G5idneRNA7cV_AnSnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@giganews.com">news:G5idneRNA7cV_AnSnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> On 04/22/2012 03:14 PM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> 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.) 
> 
> It seems to be extensively damaged.  Would probably 
> take a miracle to read anything off this cookie... 

Sounds like a job for Super Antoine.  :-) 

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Bill Garber