[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100 disk archival

[William Stillwell]

do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a
service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft

William Stillwell

Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization

Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization

Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida
Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization

Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Steve Larkins <steve at ukaudiovisual.co.uk>
wrote:

> Great thanks Ian.
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 at 05:14, 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
> > _______________________________________________
> > Techtoolslist mailing list
> > Techtoolslist at flippers.com
> > https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
> > FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment
> > Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/
> _______________________________________________
> Techtoolslist mailing list
> Techtoolslist at flippers.com
> https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
> FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment
> Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/
>