Daves Old Computers - Disk/Software Image Archive

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Information and Resources

This section contains information and other resources which will be useful to anyone wishing to record or recreate classic computer media.

Notes on connecting 8" and external floppy drives.

Notes on modifying a 1.2M drive for 300 rpm.

Note: to use ImageDisk and TeleDisk for non-PC format disks, you need a system with a good floppy controller. Please refer to the following files for assistance:

TestFDC Program to evaluate PC floppy controller
Registry of mainboards/floppy controller results

Transfer Utilities

The material held in this archive has been recorded with the following tools. In most cases, one of these programs will be required to recover the data, or recreate a copy of the original media.

Package        FMT System/Image transfer type
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ImageDisk 1.20 IMD Soft-sectored/PC controller (View README, Source code)
Teledisk       TD0 Soft-sectored/PC controller
CPT            CPT All CP/M disks
NST            NSI NorthStar Hard-Sector disks
H8T            H8T Heathkit H8 tapes
Cromemco RDOS  CRT Cromemco Disks via serial cable
ADT            ADT Apple2 Disk Images
Cbmlink        PET Commodore PET via parallel cable
Prlink         PET another ""
X1541          C64 Commodore 64/VIC via 1551 cable
Star Cmndr     C64 another ""
Trans64        C64 another ""
PT             PT  Paper Tape Tools

I have also created a bootable diskette for running ImageDisk on NON-DOS systems. (Contains a raw binary 1.44M floppy disk image suitable for XDISK, Winimage etc.)


Software Archives

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Most of the material in this section is the intellectual property of other companies or individuals. In some cases, I have been in contact with the owner of the materials and obtained permission to include them, however many of the companies are no longer in existance, do not have current contact information, or they have not responded to my request.

I have not included any material in this archive which I believe has current commercial value. If you are aware that any of the material represented here is being sold or otherwise distributed by a current owner, please contact me as soon as possible and I will remove it from the site immediately. It is not my intention to compromise any active distribution channel being operated by or on behalf of the owner of the property rights to this material.

If you hold the rights to any of the material represented in this archive and have not given permission for it to be included, please click here.

The files presented in this archive are for backup/recovery purposes only. By downloading files you acknowlege that you have valid license to use any software contained therein. (Hardware to which the software was originally licensed, Previously purchased license but damaged or misplaced media, etc.) You must obtain permission from the owner of the material if you plan to use it for any other purpose..

System / Install disks

Application Software disks

Paper Tape Images


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