S100 spares needed - repairs almost done

From: Scott LaBombard <labomb_at_rochester.rr.com>
Date: Fri Jan 10 13:10:09 2003

To clarify a bit ... Don's disks work perfectly with the DD controller ...
and with the N* base system itself (post overhaul). However, when I
swap out the controller for an SD iteration (tried two actually) ... no
joy. While the boot drive does indeed enable, I can hear that no sectors
are actually getting read.

I'm not positive, but I believe that the N* software (both DOS and
CP/M) changed quite a bit with the advent of the DD controller, as
did the firmware bootstrap. And while the DD controller can read
and format SD disks ...I don't think that it can create bootable disks
that work with the older SD controllers.

Haven't tried it myself yet ...


Scott
Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 13:10:09 GMT