[sebhc] H17 diskettes

[Carroll Waddell]

I wish I could, but I really don't know what it is. From what little 
I've been able to find, I thought that Heath used 10 soft sectors just 
like the hard sector. But in fact, I don't have a clue what they did.
Carroll

Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

>Hi
> The data encoding is not compatable between the hard
>and soft sectored. To read the soft sectored on a PC is
>possible with hardware that can handle that density ( most
>PC's are not capable of doing single density ).
>There are boards specifically designed to do this.
> If some wanted to give me a soft sectored setup, I could
>write an addition to my transfer program to handle soft
>sectored systems, as well as the hard sectored.
>Dwight
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>>From: Peter <peter59 at sbcglobal.net>
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>>I assume that you mean H17 hard sector disks. It was a long time ago, but I
>>seem to remember some software (drivers) for CP/M to have the H37 read an
>>H17 disk. It would seem possible to design some software to ignore the extra
>>pulses generated by the sector holes in a hard sector disk. If not software,
>>then some simple hardware should be able to do it. I don't know if anyone
>>has done it. If not, it might be a challenge for me to try - IF I find time
>>to do it!
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>>Regarding Media Master, I have not been able to make it work on my computers
>>- it last worked on an original 386 machine. Are you running it on a Pentium
>>machine? If so, what OS are you using?
>>
>>Peter
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>>peter59 at sbcglobal.net - http://www.geocities.com/anapro.geo/
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Has anyone found a way (or program) that will read H17 Soft Sector 
>>>diskettes on a PC?
>>>I have Media Master, but it would not read them.
>>>Carroll
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