Re: Micol Advanced BASIC reclassification project

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

BluPhoenyx wrote:
>  To: Michael J. Mahon
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > BluPhoenyx wrote:
> >
> > >  To: BluPhoenyx
> > > Well, the project is (slowly) moving along. Stephen Brunier (from 
> > > Micol) sent me some disks to test and a manual for MAB GS version 4. 
> > > Of the disks, I have a working MAB 4.2 GS version. The other version 
> > > was MAB GS  5.0 but the 'master' disk was stored on a 3.5" HD floppy 
> > > which won't read on my GS. Currently my only option is to find 
> > > someone who has little to no difficulty reading these type of disks 
> > > on a GS and hope they have some luck.
> >
> >
> > I'd be willing to try to recover the disk.  I can be reached by email.
>
>
> I know your success rate with 5.25 disks is phenomenal but this is a 
> 3.5" HD. What do you think the odds are of success?

I missed the "HD" part of your message--that lessens the odds a lot...

> IME, these disks are hard to recover anything from when written on Apple 
> 800k drives (my assumption since all other 3.5 disks from same source 
> are DD). I think this is why it may take one of those lucky folks who 
> have bragged about their luck with such HD floppies.

Unfortunately, their "luck" depends on the charaacteristics of the
*writing* drive, not the reading drive...  ;-(

-michael

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