Re: Hardware musings

[Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de>]

Ed Eastman wrote:

> Maybe one could convert the FDI data into a bit stream image easier than
> using even the A2 hardware.  It would have all the bits, the track
> length and even the rotational angle of every bit pulled from the track.
>  The only caveat would be the quarter tracks.  Those would need to be
> extrapolated from the adjacent 'half' tracks.  Hmmm...

The problem with this, of course, is the fact that few people these days
have PCs which even supports two floppy drives, let alone own a 5.25" PC
drive. This could be a show-stopper I fear, as it will mean most owners
of precious and not-likely-to-be-loaned-to-others copy-protected
originals won't be able to image them themselves.

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Linards Ticmanis