Subject: PC program to read DECmate floppies

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:14:51 EST

Hello,

	Does anyone know of a IBM PC program that can read (and maybe 
write) OS8 format RX50 floppies (5 1/4 inch)? I think this would be a 
very useful way to move data and programs between a PC and DECmate, but
I do not want to reinvent the wheel...

	Does anyone have any hardware documentation (particularly the
print set) for a DECmate III and/or DECmate III PLUS? I would greatly 
appreciate a copy.

Lee Nichols

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From: Lee Nichols

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 19:54:18 EST

>?Does anyone know of a IBM PC program that can read (and maybe 
 
I've been working on a program which used to be able to read OS/8 RX50s,
but I've changed a zillion things and haven't had a chance to test the OS/8
code lately so it may have broken.  If you'd like to play with it, it's
available via anonymous FTP from TATS.WIZVAX.COM, pub/putr/*.  It includes
a DOS executable and TASM source.  I never tried to write OS/8 disks because
all the info I have on them is either reverse-engineered or comes from
looking at DIRECT.PA (once I'd reverse-engineered enough to read that file
off the dist.!), but I've been meaning to add it.  The program already knows
how to write RT-11 disks and a lot of the logic will be the same.  As I say
though, no guarantees, and it's definitely flakey with OS/8 8" disk images
(I haven't tried it with real 8" disks but theoretically it should work).
Let me know of any successes or failures and I'd be happy to put some more
work into the program...
 
John Wilson