Testing PC controller for FM disk capability

Sat Jul 2 16:29:35 CDT 2005

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Doc Shipley wrote:

>    I'm setting up a YE-data 8" drive (YD-180) to use with a PC.  I have
> a couple of candidates, as far as which computer I use, but I need to
> make sure that the onboard FDC will read and write FM disks.

The best way to do this is to just try it (on a known good FM disk) and
see if it works.

>    I'm assuming that if I can write an RX01 image to floppy on the PC
> and boot it on the PDP-11 (RX02 drive), I'm good to go?

Probably.

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