Some said they have CDOS and Cromemco disks

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Randy McLaughlin wrote:

> From: "Doc Shipley" <doc at mdrconsult.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:47 PM
> > Jay Jaeger wrote:
> >> I am basically in the same boat.  I have a Z2, no diskette (well, it had
> >> one, but it was seriously warped).
> >>
> >> A 5.25" disk image, along with a way to send it via a serial port would
> >> be just the ticket.
> >>
> >> Any developments since 3/25?
> >
> >   I have a Z2D sitting in Arizona, and hope to pick it up in early- or
> > mid-May.  I haven't seen it yet.  It came with several boxes of 5.25"
> > floppy disks, but the donor had no idea what's on them, and most of them
> > have at least a couple of conflicting labels.  I've also been looking
> > around for single-density drives for my PeeCee in preparation for
> > transcribing whatever *is* on those disks, and have found a couple, but I
> > haven't tested anything yet.
> >
> >   Being this busy is good for the toy *budget*, but it sucks for play
> > time.
> >
> >   As soon as I get the system & disks home, and figure out how to image
> > them, I'll make available whatever I've got.
> >
> >
> > Doc
>
> Adding a "single-density" drive to a PC does not give you the ability to
> read single density.
>
> The PC itself is what needs to be able to handle FM.

Right.  And you also need good software tools.  In my experience, 22disk
is hardly useful.  Anadisk is good.  Xenocopy is way better.

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