On 5/4/2017 6:39 PM, Terry Stewart via
cctalk wrote:
And yet, if there were an RX02 somewhere on this VAX, I don't believe
you'd be able to read them at all... RX02 seeming more likely with a VAX.
Interestingly PUTR, does seem to accommodate this, and the kind of system I
have set up (i.e. 1.2 MB 5.25 inch in CMOS even though it's an 8 inch
drive).
If you'll have a look at the PUTR
manual, it says on page 1,
"The 'RX02' format used by PUTR is
actually IBM System 34 format,
since DEC's 8" DD disks use a
strange combination of SD headers
with non-standard ID marks, and
DD data fields, that can't be
accessed with a standard PC FDC
regardless of the software used."
- J.
