... And thank you for it. I bought one for the TPPD2 recently and can say the attention to detail is clear. As a favor I would expect a generic floppy with a hand wriiten label. The disk I got from arcadeshopper is on display on a shelf.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 10:32 PM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/14/20 8:36 PM, Ben Strewens wrote: > > I have one of these drives, but no disk for it. I was able to do the PC > > hack to make it work, but I'd rather have the disk. Is there anyone in > > Canada that could make one for me for a small fee? > > I made up a bunch of TPDD1 and TPDD2 disks from NOS disks, designed and > laserprinted nice labels on good glossy stock, and they are for sale on > arcadeshopper.com > > (I don't run that shop, I just sent him the stuff to distribute that way > so they are discoverable, and so that he can deal with 100 different > mailings and I only have to deal with one.) > > I DID pay it forward several times over, the fact that someone sent me a > disk for free, and made several copies for free for people for a while > before making one big batch and dumping them on Greg to deal with via > his store. (and then a couple times saw that disk appear on ebay > immediately after spending time and one of my few nos 720K disks sending > it to someone for free incuding mail...) > > I do feel a little self-conscious or defensive saying something is for > sale that should just be a favor, but it's only a favor a few times, > after that it's a time-consuming chore, and I don't want to have a 2nd > job as an ebay seller. So I just slogged through 20 of each in one big > job, and sent them all to arcadeshopper in one shipment, charged him > enough to cover the disks, labels, bags, shipping, and now it's someone > else's actual compensated job to deal with mailing the individual ones > out any time someone needs one. > > There is no way to hurry the process of making a disk with the included > backup utility, especially if you test-boot each one, and it puts wear > on the drive. Especially the TPDD1 disks are a pain because the TPDD1 > bootstrap procedure is a pain. > > The same goes for the DVI disks for 100, DVI disks for 200, the TPDD > cables, and the DVI cables. > > Plus I thought, being a store, it would have a better chance of turning > up in google searches when a new person got a TPDD on ebay or smething, > and they go to search for info about it, they would have a better chance > of finding out that the lost special disk or cable is available, vs a > post or two here where only a few people who happen to be on the list at > that time ever see it. I don't know how true that's turning out to be, > but it's got to be better than nothing. > > -- > bkw > > > On 2020-07-14 7:32 p.m., Doug Jackson wrote: > >> Ohhh Ahhhh, > >> > >> Stephen, are you hinting that with an actual drive I could recreate my > >> own TPPD 1 disk? That would be cool. I am just about to do a belt > >> replacement on one who's belt turned into black goo - When I removed > >> the belt it literally went everywhere - and then the cleanup of the > >> workshop bench was spectacular. Alcohol worked a treat :-) > >> > >> While there are beautiful solid state versions of the TPPD now, but > >> the concept of a drive that clicks and whirs is very appealing to > >> me, Just like the 8" drives in my PDP11. > >> > >> Kindest regards, > >> > >> Doug Jackson > >> > >> em: d...@doughq.com <mailto:d...@doughq.com> > >> ph: 0414 986878 > >> > >> Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com > >> <http://www.dougswordclocks.com> > >> Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net <http://vk1zdj.net> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Just like an old fashioned letter, this email and any files > >> transmitted with it should probably be treated as confidential and > >> intended solely for your own use. > >> > >> Please note that any interesting spelling is usually my own and may > >> have been caused by fat thumbs on a tiny tiny keyboard. > >> > >> Should any part of this message prove to be useful in the event of the > >> imminent Zombie Apocalypse then the sender bears no personal, legal, > >> or moral responsibility for any outcome resulting from its usage > >> unless the result of said usage is the unlikely defeat of the Zombie > >> Hordes in which case the sender takes full credit without any > >> theoretical or actual legal liability. :-) > >> > >> Be nice to your parents. > >> > >> Go outside and do something awesome - Draw, paint, walk, setup a > >> radio station, go fishing or sailing - just do something that makes > >> you happy. > >> > >> ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G- In more laid back days this line would > >> literally sing ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:08 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> I believe that it is just not possible to use PC hardware ... > >> drive, controller... to read a TPDD disk. > >> > >> The disk is encoded with FM whereas a normal drive is MFM. Or > >> maybe that is backwards. > >> > >> Not sure but possibly a Catweasel drive can be used. But that is > >> specialized. > >> > >> Perhaps though a real TPDD drive connected to the pc is good > >> enough? I think there is software for that . > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, RETRO Innovations > >> <go4re...@go4retro.com <mailto:go4re...@go4retro.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Is there really no way to read the 3.5" disks in a PC (even an > >> older one, via DOS, with a discrete FDC IC)? I'd like to > >> backup my TPDD disks, but my M100 is set up for the DVI right > >> now, and I'd prefer to not redo all of that. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> > >> -- > >> RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems > >> www.go4retro.com <http://www.go4retro.com> > >> store.go4retro.com <http://store.go4retro.com> > >> > > > > > -- > bkw >
