Duplicating non-standard software media

From: Tony Eros <tony.eros_at_machm.org>
Date: Fri Sep 6 17:56:00 2002

I want to back up some 5.25" Xerox ViewPoint installation diskettes, but I
don't have a working D-series system. Does anyone have a pointer as to the
best way to make this happen? I thought I remembered a utility out there
that did diskette bit-copies. Even better, if I could find a utility to
read the diskette and store it to some sort of image file that I could burn
onto CD, I could restore the software to diskette later.

I have a Victor 9000 system in the computer barn with a 5.25" drive. I
believe it's in running condition, though I haven't fired it up since I got
it. IIRC, it runs some early version of MS-DOS or possibly CP/M. Then
again, I think the Victor did some weird stuff with the diskette drive
speed to increase the amount of data it could write to a diskette.

Hmm, I'm sure I can track down a box with a pair of 5.25" drives.

Any suggestions?

-- Tony
Received on Fri Sep 06 2002 - 17:56:00 BST