One might ask what is really worth preserving for millenia? None of my "treasures" qualify I think. Tom
On Wed, 18 Jan 2023, 9:05 am Paul Koning via cctalk, <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Jan 17, 2023, at 3:34 PM, P Gebhardt via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2023 um 15:54:54 MEZ hat Paul Koning via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> Folgendes geschrieben: > > > > ... > >> I have an RM03 pack somewhere. There probably are a few places left > that could read it. If it were an RA60 pack it would be a whole lot more > problematic, I suspect. Without an >old drive, how would you recover the > data? Spin table? Perhaps, if you can find, or reverse engineer, the > format. > > > > Do you assume the problem with RA60 disk packs to be more problematic > because of a smaller availability of systems with RA60 drives to read the > packs compared to CDC 9762 /RM03 drives? > > Yes, and the higher density, and the fact that the on-disk format is more > complex and unlikely to be documented in any open documentation. > > paul > > >
