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   Message 4,979 of 5,684   
   A Nother to All   
   Re: Omniflop - Can you help get a TRSDOS   
   07 Nov 08 06:14:02   
   
   e083be23   
   From: Another1171@gmail.com   
      
   "Terry Stewart"  wrote in message   
   news:885b5a59-ed67-47e0-8967-fda50d7a550c@a29g2000pra.googlegroups.com...   
      
   > Yes, I pointed him to all those URLs prior to starting the exercise.   
   > Jason seems to think its worth a go.  Omniflop does write BBC single   
   > density using my own bog standard windows PC so at least it works in   
   > that format.   
   >   
   > Terry   
      
   The FDC in a PC cannot write the special data marks the Model I insists on   
   seeing. I actually created a fix for that 25 years ago - a special boot   
   sector for DOS or data disks which, when the disk is booted in a real Model   
   I, rewrites the directory data marks as needed and then copies the 'real'   
   boot sector from an unused sector where I wrote it and writes it where   
   needed.   
      
   Unfortunately I long ago lost the code for this, however it is the only way   
   to write useable Model I disks on anything except a Model I.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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