Re: 3174 disks

"Are you certain? I've never seen the ability to perform image copies in
the 3174."

Yes, there is a diskette called LFU (limited function utilities), which has
a diskette copy program on it.

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http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/3174/GA27-3863-2_3174_Configuration_Support_B_Rel_3_Utilities_Guide_Sep1990.pdf

Joe

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 1:34 AM Dave McGuire [email protected]
[hercules-390] <[email protected]> wrote:

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