Help me! Before I take the plunge

[Lyle Bickley]

On Thursday 31 March 2005 23:49, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2005 2:07 AM, Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com> wrote:
> > The DECMATE I could still be a fun system to own - and if you can find
> > DECMATE I system images, both PUTR and TELEDISK will make it easy for you
> > to create entire copies of diskettes (TELEDISK), format (PUTR) and
> > transfer files (PUTR).
>
> TELEDISK and PUTR will not solve the problem that a PC can *not* write
> RX02-format 8" disks.  They are a strange mixed-density beast that can
> only be written by RX02-compatible drives.  RX01 disks _can_ be
> written by a PC with the right FDC chip, but since the DECmate  I
> shipped with RX02s, not RX01s, its disks are RX02-format.
>
> Possibly one could build RX01 diskette images with the right contents
> (with twice as many diskettes) and migrate things over that way, or
> emulate the RX02 itself with a PC, but one can *not* just slurp and
> burn RX02s directly from a PC.

Ooops, my goof - My Decmate IIs use RX50 Diskettes, not RX01's.  I knew there 
was another reason why I sought out DECmate IIs over DECmate Is.  I chose the 
DECmate II also because it will run CP/M (with the Z80 option) as well as 
supporting a HDD.  Of the DECmate I, II and III, the II is most "versatile".

Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
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