| Using AppleSauce to create alignment disks [message #412832] |
Thu, 06 January 2022 15:56  |
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Originally posted by: Eric N
I wonder if AppleSauce's flux imaging could be used to create alignment diskettes? I have a Dymek 360k alignment disk and I have flux-imaged it successfully with AppleSauce, but the software won't allow me to write a disk with the image. It might just be the software not seeing any recognizable disk format preventing the writes, though.
It would be great to be able to recreate these rare beasts.
Eric N.
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| Re: Using AppleSauce to create alignment disks [message #412923 is a reply to message #412832] |
Sun, 09 January 2022 22:06  |
Michael J. Mahon
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Eric N <eric@neilsonhart.com> wrote:
> I wonder if AppleSauce's flux imaging could be used to create alignment
> diskettes? I have a Dymek 360k alignment disk and I have flux-imaged it
> successfully with AppleSauce, but the software won't allow me to write a
> disk with the image. It might just be the software not seeing any
> recognizable disk format preventing the writes, though.
>
> It would be great to be able to recreate these rare beasts.
>
> Eric N.
>
No. Manufacturer’s alignment disks are recorded with analog signals,
requiring special head drive circuitry.
--
-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
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| Re: Using AppleSauce to create alignment disks [message #413798 is a reply to message #412923] |
Mon, 28 March 2022 15:02 |
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Originally posted by: Ice cruncher
I asked the same thing a while back. And they are the weirdest disks I have ever Fluxed. :)
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 10:06:27 PM UTC-5, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Eric N <er...@neilsonhart.com> wrote:
>> I wonder if AppleSauce's flux imaging could be used to create alignment
>> diskettes? I have a Dymek 360k alignment disk and I have flux-imaged it
>> successfully with AppleSauce, but the software won't allow me to write a
>> disk with the image. It might just be the software not seeing any
>> recognizable disk format preventing the writes, though.
>>
>> It would be great to be able to recreate these rare beasts.
>>
>> Eric N.
>>
> No. Manufacturer’s alignment disks are recorded with analog signals,
> requiring special head drive circuitry.
>
> --
> -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://michaeljmahon.com
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