[Coco] Pokes for DECB to allow Single density 35 Track Disks to be Formated and Backed up?

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Stephen 

Could NEWDISK be modified and reassembled and run under 
DECB and used to read and write FLEX formated disks?
 
james

On 10 Sep 2005 at 0:47, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> Are there pokes for DECB to allow Single density 35 Track Disks to be
> Formatted and Backed up? Setting Sectors per Track?
> 
> This would allow for FLEX disks that are entirely Single Density to be
> backed up.
> 
> FLEX also has mixed density type disks which I assume cannot be backed
> up by DECB. DECB will backup OS-9 Double Density 35 or 40 Track disks
> if patched as it does not look at the data during the backup process.
> 
> I found that all of my FLEX disks are readable even after sitting
> unused for decades. So I am copying the files on them to OS-9 disks
> for backup onto CD's. There are some files that must be placed at
> fixed places on the FLEX boot disk which will not occur by just
> copying the files. And formatting new blank disks would be a great
> bonus.
> 
> Any ideas as to how to save a FLEX disk using DECB or OS-9?
> 
> 
> TIA
> 
> Stephen H. Fischer
> 
> 
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