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- barry@chezmoto.ai.mit.edu (Barry Kort) writes:
- :
- : Using RX50DRVR in combination with the RT11 utility program, I can
- : low-level format a blank HD diskette as an RX50 diskette, then
- : put it in the PRO and do a high-level RMS-11 style Initialization.
- : This allows me to create new RX50 diskettes out of plain old unformatted
- : or recycled 1.2 MB HD diskettes.
- :
- : Using Venix on the PRO, I can do a raw image copy of a diskette in one
- : drive to a blank diskette in another drive. (This kind of copy will fail
- : if the target diskette has any bad sectors, since there is no attempt
- : to rearrange sectors to detour around any bad blocks.)
-
-
- Another method of obtaining a formatted disk for the Pro-3xx, is to
- use an image copy program called Teledisk (shareware) for the PC. Not only
- does this program allow you to do a disk-to-disk copy, but it can also
- store a disk into a file (on the PC). This way, it is possible to keep an
- image file of a blank P/OS formatted disk, and then crank out new copies
- easily.
-
- In my experience, low density disks (360k) on a high density (1.2m) AT class
- drives seem to work out best.
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- -andy
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