Screeching 5 1/4 FDD

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Fri Oct 6 08:15:03 2000

> > > It was an old DRI PC-install master disk for GEM.
> >
> > The first thing that you want to do as make several image copies of
> > the disk on a drive with known clean heads and using a utility such as
> > AnaDisk that will make a track-by-track copy of it. Then work on a
> > copy!
> > - don
>
> AAARRGH !!
> There go my hopes for a tasty profit. An identical set just sold for
> $205 on E-Pay. I know the actual install and later versions are
> available on the Unoficial CPM site, I have several installed on one
> of my boxes so it isn't lost, but DAMN !
> I guess it would be unethical to steam the DRI lable off. :^(
> Oh well, maybe a copy of the master disk along with the original
> nonfunctioning one will suffice.
>
> thanks guys
>
> larry

$205 -- damn... I guess I ought to pull all my stuff out and EBAY it.
Boy... I've got a lot of stuff like this.

Bill

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