Duplicating non-standard software media

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Sep 7 07:33:40 2002

At 10:30 PM 9/6/02 -0400, you wrote:
>At 08:52 PM 9/6/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>>At 06:56 PM 9/6/02 -0400, you wrote:
>> >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.
>>
>> You might be thinking of the Copy II PC card. It did an exact bit for
>> bit copy of anything that the drive was capable of accessing but it
>> didn't read files. It only read bit streams. You could even duplicate
>> Apple disks on a PC with it but you couldn't "read" the files.
>
>That sounds like it could do the trick. Anybody have one they'd be willing
>to lend?
>
>-- Tony



   Someone said that the disk are GRC format. I don't know if the Copy II card will work with that or not but I suppose it's worth a try. The cards show up on E-bay occasionally. You might find one there. Someone on this list has (had?) the drivers posted a while back.

   Joe
Received on Sat Sep 07 2002 - 07:33:40 BST