Re: After 20 Years, I'm This Close To Finally Escaping Data Rot -Thoughts?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com> wrote in message MJCdnYTR6fIa0hrWnZ2dnUVZ8j2dnZ2d@giganews.com">news:MJCdnYTR6fIa0hrWnZ2dnUVZ8j2dnZ2d@giganews.com...
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> On Feb 25, 9:30 pm, "Bill Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com> wrote:
>> "D Finnigan" <dog_...@macgui.com> wrote in message
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>> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
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>> >> Just out of curiosity, what is the technique for making a
>> >> second index hole in the jacket without damaging the media?
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>> > I noticed that many of the disks which I inherited had
>> > been punched with a standard, hand-held paper hole punch.
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>> You may be referring to the Write-Protect Notch.
>> The hole we are referring to is the small hole
>> near the hub which sets up the start of each track
>> on some drives. Apple disks don't actually use it,
>> but, if it isn't there on the flip side when trying
>> to read it with an IBM drive, it won't work.
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> : They didn't use it at all? Now thinking back, I remember
> : the TI-99 only uses it for the format routine, and there-
> : after there is an index pulse/start of track on the disk
> : placed by the format routine.
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> As I said, some use it, some don't. I got my FC5025 today,
> and reading through the setup manual I discovered that the
> drive recommended has a jumper that sets it to use or not
> use the Index Pulse Hole. I'm going to just leave it open
> and see if I can read a flippy disk. I'm thinking yes.

Ok, I have it set up, and have read a disk into an image.
You have to build your own directory system before saving
any disks as the imager software doesn't make them for you.
Also, you will have to name the images if you don't want
them to be 'disk0001.po', disk0002.po', etc......

It only took less than a minute to recover the disk,
'Apple II SCSI Utilities', and Ciderpress and AppleWIN
were both able to read and use the image without a hitch.

So, if you have a lot of disks to recover to image, I am
recommending this board to any and all who wish to get it.

Now to find a flippy disk and attempt to recover it with
'E2' jumper open. This will be great, too, as I have other
platforms from which to recover data.  ;-)

Bill