RX50's on a PC?

From: Aaron Christopher Finney <aaron_at_wfi-inc.com>
Date: Fri Oct 16 20:04:45 1998

Has anyone tried wiring an 8" RX52 floppy straight to a modern PC
controller? I did the best I know how, and I *appear* to have a
semi-functioning device attached. Trying to read/format the disk
from Linux causes the drive to access; however, trying to format (even
with PUTR under MsDOS) gives me a verification error and an error about
Track 0. Does this sound more like a media error? The disks (Dysan
101/1) appear to be in fine condition, having been stored in rigid
notebooks in plastic sleeves for the last 10 years or so in a
"media-friendly" environment. There are also lifecycle logs in the sleves,
which indicate that they were initialized and only written to once.

I've been digging around, trying to get enough information to attempt to
set up Forth on my OS-less 11/23, but I don't have another functioning
system to work with (the chicken and the egg). Am I dreaming that I'm
going to be able to get anything accomplished with an emulator and a pair
of 8" floppys Frankensteined to my PC?

On a similar note, does anyone happen to have a Compaticard for
trade/sale?


Aaron
Received on Fri Oct 16 1998 - 20:04:45 BST