[sebhc] HDOS sysgen questions (and problems)

[bill malcolm]

HI -- I think they are in the archives.
bill ..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francisco Rabazas" <huskycan at terra.es>
To: <sebhc at sebhc.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [sebhc] HDOS sysgen questions (and problems)


> Hello
>
> Where I can get the images for my computer Genesys Z-90 (clone of Zenith)
> with floppy drive Z-37?
>
> CP/M,  HDOS?
>
> sorry by my English.
>
> Speak Spanish?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harten" <harten at injectstar.de>
> To: <sebhc at sebhc.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [sebhc] HDOS sysgen questions (and problems)
>
>
> > In message <704e82240611041107y4f5ac9f6k23d8d88210cc5299 at mail.gmail.com>
> > you wrote:
> >
> >> I'll be willing to make images, but I don't have any software to do
> >> that. The software I have (h89trans written by Dwight), only works
> >> with the hard-sectored controller. If there is some other software
> >> available that works for the soft-sectored disks, let me know. Which
> >> software are you using to reproduce the disks from images?
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >
> >
> > The easiest way is ( and that's how i do it) to use a nativ old MS-DOS
> > (PC-clone) machine.
> >
> > Why that? These old machines have 5.25" floppy drives (often called 360
K
> > Drive)
> >          and there is software for reading foreign disk formats.
> >
> > In detail:
> >
> > Hardware  286 / 386 / 486 are the best machines for backing up floppy
> > disks.
> >          Not too fast 586 / pentium I will work also.
> >
> >          One 5.25" floppy drive with 40 tracks double sided (360 k) is
> > perfect.
> >          A 1.2 M HD floppy drive will be able to read 40 track disks,
but
> > not to
> >          write back.
> >
> >          Another important thing is the floppy-controller. Most common
> > controller-
> >          cards will be able to read even single density disks. A 37C65
> > controller
> >          chip will read and write single density disks.
> >
> >
> > OS        Native MS-DOS version 4.0 and above is the best choice.
> >          Windows 95/98 started in DOS-Mode will work also.
> >
> > Software  TELEDISK is very easy to use and common. Images produced with
> > TELEDISK
> >          are called TD0 as this is the ending of the filenames
> > xxxxxxxx.td0
> >
> >          There are several versions of TELEDISK, which are all a bit
> > different.
> >          You have to try out which version works best on your hardware.
> >
> >          IMAGEDISK let you make more decisions on the way of reading the
> > disk
> >          and works also great for me.
> >
> > I hope this will help You!
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Axel
> >
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