Date   : Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:22:29 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Warning: Sad case on list!

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
>> Message-ID: <4409DD6F.50602@...>
>  
> Fragula <fragula@...> wrote:
>>>> Regarding the [32016] system discs, is there any chance you'd
>>>> be able to dump them (as I only have two of them)? If you
>  
> At http://mdfs.net/Mirror/Archives/Acorn/PanOS I've put my PanOS
> disks. My PanOS Disk 1 has an unreadable track 41 on side 1, so
> two files are broken.

Hmm, was there a difference in the PanOS releases for the 4MB ACW copro with 
B+ and the 256KB/1MB copro for the BBC B?

> I've got three sets of disks:
> Pre-Release Issue C - The "Gold Disks"
> Release 10 - The "Grey Disks"
> Release 12, disk 3, 4, 5 - The "White Disks"

Releases 10 and 13 here according to the shipping boxes - I don't think I can 
tell if the contents match the cardboard without looking at disk contents.

I've also got a set of disks sans-manuals which I acquired back when I was 
putting my original ACW together; can't for the life of me remember what 
release those are.

So I can definitely rustle up a release 10 disk 1 if needs be (luckily that 
one's not still in the shrink-wrap!) - although Pete Turnbull did a copy of 
disk 6 for me way back when (before I had these proper boxed sets), so it may 
be he already has them imaged and online somewhere.

I've also got various ex-Acorn-employee floppies marked as PanOS source code 
(OS, compilers etc.) plus design docs - I keep on getting sidetracked (dammit) 
so haven't been able to investigate those yet! A few random samples from that 
pile suggests that the disks are still good though, so fingers crossed they're 
all still readable and do what they say on the tin...

cheers

Jules