[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100 disk archival

[Brandon C]

Rad. Thanks, Ian.

On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Ian Eure <ieure at icloud.com> wrote:

> Hi folks. I’m attempting to archive every factory-produced Fluke 9100
> floppy disk. The available images are very disorganized, exist in multiple
> formats, aren’t complete, etc etc. Even the “Verified OK” 6.1 images do not
> appear to be entirely correct.
>
> To accomplish this, I’ve acquired a Kryoflux USB floppy controller. It's
> similar to an industrial disk duplicator, designed for preservation and
> forensics, and reads/writes disks at a lower level than is possible with a
> computer disk controller. The nature of this level of preservation requires
> original factory media to create the images. Exact duplicates can then be
> written with Kryoflux hardware, and less exotic disk formats (which the
> 9100’s OS-9 disks are) can be written using SAMDisk on a normal PC, or
> converted to TeleDisk/ImageDisk formats.
>
> I spent some time today archiving and cataloging every 9100 disk I own.
> They're organized with a consistent name, metadata, notes, disk contents,
> and photographs.  I haven’t uploaded to the TTL FTP, since I expect this to
> be an ongoing project, and I can’t update TTL when there are changes.
> Everything is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ieure/
> fluke-9100-disk-archive
>
> That repo contains images for:
>
> System Disk 1 V4.1B, Site code 001
> System Disk 2 V4.1B, Site code 001
> Master User Disk 1 V4.0
> Master User Disk 2 V4.0 (damaged disk, incomplete dump)
> UUT Test Disk V1.0
> System Disk 1 V4.2A, Site code 001
> System Disk 2 V4.2A, Site code 001
> Master User Disk 1 V4.1
> Master User Disk 2 V4.1
> 68000 Pod User Disk V1.0
> 9132A Master User Disk 68020 V1.0
> 9132A Master User Disk 68030 V1.1
> 9132A Master User Disk 80386 V1.1
>
> There are many, many more disks which should be saved. If you’re willing
> to help by loaning or selling disks, please reach out to me off-list.
>
> Disks which I’d particularly like to see archived:
>
>  - Pre-4.x system software.
>  - 6.1 system software.
>  - TL/1 Language Checker disks for IBM PC & 9100.
>
>  — Ian
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