RE: 3174 disks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: 29 June 2019 06:33
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [hercules-390] 3174 disks
> 
> On June 29, 2019 1:21:59 AM "'Dave Wade' [email protected]
> [hercules-390]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> …. Agency will supply the software
> >>
> >> How will they do that?  Nobody has been able to image them, as far as
> >> I'm aware. (I personally havent tried, though I really should)
> >
> > The software utilities disk will copy a floppy as an image. Its blank media
> that’s the problem.
> 
>   Are you certain?  I've never seen the ability to perform image copies in the
> 3174.
> 


How would you backup without a copy? From the Model 95 User Guide.... 

  During a Full Copy, you can copy the entire contents of a CTL, UTL, or RPQ
  diskette onto another 2.4-MB diskette.  (Diskettes not formatted by the

  controller are automatically formatted during the Copy procedure.)
  Warning: Make sure that both the Source and Target diskettes are 2.4 MB. 

But how does it know if it’s a 2.4MB disk....

> >>> but not the disks….
> >>
> >> They supplied them to us..
> >
> > Blank 2.4 disks?
> 
>   No, 1.2MB and 2.4MB disks containing various bits of 3174 firmware that we
> were looking for.

Yes, but if you want extra disks for backup? 


> 
>                   -Dave
> 
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
> 
> 
Dave