[vcf-midatlantic] Good {IMSAI} news

[Richard Cini]

I guess I spoke too soon – I’m getting BDOS errors now. Not sure why since the drives work fine with the Gazelle. Arrrgh.

 

Rich

 

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Rich Cini

http://www.classiccmp.org/cini

http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32

 

 

On 6/21/20, 9:41 AM, "Richard Cini" <rich.cini at gmail.com> wrote:

 

First, happy Father’s Day to all the dads on the list. Great day expected here on Long Island so doing a lot in the yard. 

 

Years ago when I got my IMSAI it didn’t have drives, so many may remember my implementation using 5.25” HD drives (and the subject of two VCF presentations). I have an 8” drive system that I use on my Gazelle (dual Shugart 850’s) so I thought I’d see if connecting them would work. 

 

Indeed it does! I only had to modify the step rate parameter for the drives (4ms) in the monitor ROM and off it went. Today I’ll finish creating a “base” CP/M system disk — all it has is the system tracks. Then I need a good XMODEM program for CP/M so I can transfer files easier. 

 

Enjoy all. 

Rich

 

 

 

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