[sebhc] Re-creating actual floppies from archive

[Joe Smith]

To be a bit more specific, which tool Dwight?
At 02:43 PM 3/14/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Joe
>  I only know about the hard sectored images.
>These are all just sector by sector copies
>and there is a way to put them back on disk
>using the utility on the site that I wrote.
>  Who ever created the soft sectored images
>can speak up and tell you what tool he used.
>I'm sure they can be put back on disk with
>the same tool.
>Dwight
>
>
> >From: "Joe Smith" <bandit1921 at cox.net>
> >
> >All those images and no way to turn them back into disks? That is
> >basically what I want to know,I don't really see anything that lets
> >you do that.Nor is it very clear about what and how.
> >At 02:24 PM 3/14/2006 -0800, you wrote:
> >>Hi Joe
> >>  If the it is an ascii text file that
> >>you are trying to recover, you can write a simple
> >>program, in the language of your choice, to reorder
> >>the sectors. Once you know the order, extracting
> >>the file should be relatively easy. I'm assuming
> >>it is a text file that you are trying to look at.
> >>  You just need to know the sector size and the number
> >>of sectors per track. Buffer a track at a time,
> >>un-scramble the sectors and write the buffer to
> >>a file. Once you locate the file you want, just
> >>read it out.
> >>  I dn't know of any specifc utility for this. You
> >>should write your own. If it is good, put it on
> >>the site.
> >>Dwight
> >>
> >>
> >> >From: "Joe Smith" <bandit1921 at cox.net>
> >> >
> >> >Even if I could write it out to a 1.44 disk would be good, that is
> >> >what I need to know, what utility does that?
> >> >At 02:07 PM 3/14/2006 -0800, you wrote:
> >> >>Hi
> >> >>  Most early CP/M used interleaving of the sectors.
> >> >>Once it is un-zipped, it is still just a raw image.
> >> >>If you wanted to look at specific files, you'd need
> >> >>to figure the inteleaving.
> >> >>Dwight
> >> >>
> >> >> >From: "Joe Smith" <bandit1921 at cox.net>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >It is in the archive under cpm software
> >> >> >At 03:25 PM 3/14/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >> >> >> > Wasn't talking about zip files Dave,the little file that is
> >> >> >> inside of the zip.
> >> >> >> > Example:PIE 1.5b  Distribution Disk, that is what is in 
> the PIE.zip,
> >> >> >> > how does one read that file into something understandable?
> >> >> >> > Kind of like uuencode/decode..
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>I don't recognize "PIE" - is this somthing you downloaded from my
> >> >> >>site? If so, it's something that I've forgotten about (and 
> not something
> >> >> >>I created) - give me a reminder as to where (exactly) is is?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Dave
> >> >> >>
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