Yeah- for some reason decromaner has all the good SEO magic cause it kept popping to the top when i searched 'mfm pdp drive emulator' - but then I saw that he is linking back to your site and so I figured I just post that link. -andy
On Mar 24, 2022, at 8:12 PM, David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 03:38:38PM -0400, Andrew Diller via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'd recommend http://www.pdp8online.com/mfm/ but am a little biased :-).
If you have it functional in a machine then methods such as Degnan suggested will work. Others are more familiar with these method.
The MFM emulator can archive the drive independent of any host computer and I have developed some methods that can recover disks the host controller would just give read errors on. I need to get my VCF exhibit ready so won't be making the next workshop. I can bring mfm board to one later in the year. Late in the day at VCF east can get slow so might be able to try a quick read try then if your are in a hurry. MFM drives are developing a number of faults so may need more effort than time permits to get the drive functional. Let me know if you wish me to bring stuff to VCF east.
-andy
and a PC-XT MFM hard drive that I want to image. For the MFM, I don't even know where to begin.