archiving Heath H8/H89 hard-sectored disks

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Mon Aug 30 07:37:21 2004

It was written...
> I've come up with a way to read Heath hard-sectored disks with a
1797-style
> controller (with some modifications). I've now archived all of my old
disks
> with only one unrecoverable error in an unused sector (not bad for media
that
> is approaching 30 years in age). I do seem to have run through *drives*
at
> an alarming rate, though I hope that the cleaning disks I have on order
will
> restore some of them. Is anyone interested in:

I have a huge cache of H8/H89/Z100 software, half a room full at the least
(the other half of the room being documentation for same). Where are you
located? I'd rather not ship it all, but would welcome someone to come over
and archive the bits. I believe I have a wall full of Magnolia drives, Heath
8"FD/HD combo boxes, etc.

I would bet I have more than a few spare hard sector drives as well, many
new in the box. Someday I'll get the time to go through my Heath holdings...
a project for my retirement no doubt :>

Jay West


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