[Techtoolslist] Fluke 9100 disk archival

[Ian Eure]

I don't have an original service disk in this archive, because I don't own one & am imaging official media.

The OS images are keyed to site code 001, but are unused & have no serial number restrictions.

If someone wants to loan a service disk, I'll image it & put in the archive.

> On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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> 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
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