[sebhc] RE: status of resurrections - and a question

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Steven Parker" <sp11 at hotmail.com>
>
>Let me know if this is boring you guys...
>
>The H-19 came up fine.
>
>The H17 came up but the 2nd drive isn't working, at first look it appears to 
>have a dead head positioning step motor.

Hi
 It is quite common to have the lubrication of these
stepper motors dry up. Before giving up on it, try getting
some new oil into the bearings.


>
>I've only found a few of the floppies yet.  Half the bootable ones ... 
>don't.  :-)   I haven't tested the pure data disks yet.   But one that did 
>boot contained the chess program I released to HUG with the H19 graphics (I 
>had forgotten about it!).  I'm getting close to being able to submit stuff 
>to the archives...
>
>Speaking of archive software, I have a question for entire list....  Who 
>uses what software, in what format, on what gear?  I know Dave G. and I have 
>been using the tape software in .PID/.tape format on the emulator.  Has 
>anyone used the HUG or HDOS disk images on actual computers yet?   How do 
>you make the disks from the data?  Would there be a use for HDOS software in 
>other forms than complete disk images?
>
>Cheers,
>
>- Steven
>

 I use complete disk images ( actually prefer them ). The
problem is that right now, my images don't match any of the
current formats used by the simulators. I use raw images.
I'm looking at being able to handle other formats but I've
been involved in a massive spring cleanup that has been
consuming much of my free time.
 I think Patrick or someone was going to release it to
the ftp soon. It is used to copy disk images to and from
a H89 ( hasn't been tested on a H8 yet ), via that LP serial
port, to a PC serial. It is also designed to bootstrap a
machine from ground zero. That is, H89 ( or H8 ),
a unformatted 10 sectored disk, serial cable and a PC.
One enters about 50 bytes using the monitor and then
bootstraps a disk copy program.
Dwight


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