Date : Fri, 18 May 2012 08:49:12 +0100
From : jim@... (Jim Hearne)
Subject: Torch discs.
Thanks to everybodys help I've managed to archive all the main discs from
the sets.
Does anybody here have anything to read one of the IMD files and make sure
what i've archived is actually correct ?
I did have one did that when i tried to read it it came up with lots of
errors, then for a while any other disc put in the drive also had errors.
Looking at the first disc there was a lot of spots of something on the disc
surface which obviously got on the heads in the drive.
But after a few disc reading sessions the errors disappeared again and i was
able to read all the other discs without errors.
I've not tried the contaminated one again, it was a later version of the
hard disc utilitys so i don't think it's essential.
The was also a version 1.0 set of the UNIX discs but it's missing disc 1 and
theres a full set of version 2.0 so i've not bothered with those at the
moment.
Also a set of Perfect Filer, Perfect Calc and Perfect Writer though i don't
know if these are the same Z80 version as the other Torch co-pro's used.
The 68000 co processor also seems to have a Z80.
Greg, did you get my reply to your private email ?, sometimes my email
address is marked as spam, no idea why.
Jim