> On May 18, 2021, at 3:57 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> I think Zane was reading the files from an ISO image I made of a 1989 CONOLD
> CDROM.
Correct.
> That CDROM had previously been used as a toboggan by one or more members the
> DEC Reading Engineering Team and so was somewhat heavily scuffed when I got
> it.
>
> I eventually recovered it through a process of manual polishing involving
> sandpaper and elbow grease. I think ddrescue reported 2048 bad bytes in the
> end (one sector).
>
> It is entirely possible that one or more of the files is corrupt, although
> the text files (the BOOKSHEFLF files, for example) seem OK.
>
> The filesystem structures do seem OK, so maybe I was lucky.
I’m not really concerned with corruption of the BOOK files, I think my problem
is with the tool I’m trying to read them with. Since Malte Dehling reports
being able to read them with DECW$BOOKREADER, I think they’re okay.
Zane
