Hi folks. I’m attempting to archive every factory-produced Fluke 9100 floppy disk. The available images are very disorganized, exist in multiple formats, aren’t complete, etc etc. Even the “Verified OK” 6.1 images do not appear to be entirely correct. To accomplish this, I’ve acquired a Kryoflux USB floppy controller. It's similar to an industrial disk duplicator, designed for preservation and forensics, and reads/writes disks at a lower level than is possible with a computer disk controller. The nature of this level of preservation requires original factory media to create the images. Exact duplicates can then be written with Kryoflux hardware, and less exotic disk formats (which the 9100’s OS-9 disks are) can be written using SAMDisk on a normal PC, or converted to TeleDisk/ImageDisk formats. I spent some time today archiving and cataloging every 9100 disk I own. They're organized with a consistent name, metadata, notes, disk contents, and photographs. I haven’t uploaded to the TTL FTP, since I expect this to be an ongoing project, and I can’t update TTL when there are changes. Everything is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ieure/fluke-9100-disk-archive That repo contains images for: System Disk 1 V4.1B, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.1B, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.0 Master User Disk 2 V4.0 (damaged disk, incomplete dump) UUT Test Disk V1.0 System Disk 1 V4.2A, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.2A, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.1 Master User Disk 2 V4.1 68000 Pod User Disk V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68020 V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68030 V1.1 9132A Master User Disk 80386 V1.1 There are many, many more disks which should be saved. If you’re willing to help by loaning or selling disks, please reach out to me off-list. Disks which I’d particularly like to see archived: - Pre-4.x system software. - 6.1 system software. - TL/1 Language Checker disks for IBM PC & 9100. — Ian _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/
Rad. Thanks, Ian. On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Ian Eure <ieure@icloud.com> wrote:
Hi folks. I’m attempting to archive every factory-produced Fluke 9100 floppy disk. The available images are very disorganized, exist in multiple formats, aren’t complete, etc etc. Even the “Verified OK” 6.1 images do not appear to be entirely correct.
To accomplish this, I’ve acquired a Kryoflux USB floppy controller. It's similar to an industrial disk duplicator, designed for preservation and forensics, and reads/writes disks at a lower level than is possible with a computer disk controller. The nature of this level of preservation requires original factory media to create the images. Exact duplicates can then be written with Kryoflux hardware, and less exotic disk formats (which the 9100’s OS-9 disks are) can be written using SAMDisk on a normal PC, or converted to TeleDisk/ImageDisk formats.
I spent some time today archiving and cataloging every 9100 disk I own. They're organized with a consistent name, metadata, notes, disk contents, and photographs. I haven’t uploaded to the TTL FTP, since I expect this to be an ongoing project, and I can’t update TTL when there are changes. Everything is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ieure/ fluke-9100-disk-archive
That repo contains images for:
System Disk 1 V4.1B, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.1B, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.0 Master User Disk 2 V4.0 (damaged disk, incomplete dump) UUT Test Disk V1.0 System Disk 1 V4.2A, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.2A, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.1 Master User Disk 2 V4.1 68000 Pod User Disk V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68020 V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68030 V1.1 9132A Master User Disk 80386 V1.1
There are many, many more disks which should be saved. If you’re willing to help by loaning or selling disks, please reach out to me off-list.
Disks which I’d particularly like to see archived:
- Pre-4.x system software. - 6.1 system software. - TL/1 Language Checker disks for IBM PC & 9100.
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Great thanks Ian. On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 at 05:14, Ian Eure <ieure@icloud.com> wrote:
Hi folks. I’m attempting to archive every factory-produced Fluke 9100 floppy disk. The available images are very disorganized, exist in multiple formats, aren’t complete, etc etc. Even the “Verified OK” 6.1 images do not appear to be entirely correct.
To accomplish this, I’ve acquired a Kryoflux USB floppy controller. It's similar to an industrial disk duplicator, designed for preservation and forensics, and reads/writes disks at a lower level than is possible with a computer disk controller. The nature of this level of preservation requires original factory media to create the images. Exact duplicates can then be written with Kryoflux hardware, and less exotic disk formats (which the 9100’s OS-9 disks are) can be written using SAMDisk on a normal PC, or converted to TeleDisk/ImageDisk formats.
I spent some time today archiving and cataloging every 9100 disk I own. They're organized with a consistent name, metadata, notes, disk contents, and photographs. I haven’t uploaded to the TTL FTP, since I expect this to be an ongoing project, and I can’t update TTL when there are changes. Everything is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ieure/fluke-9100-disk-archive
That repo contains images for:
System Disk 1 V4.1B, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.1B, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.0 Master User Disk 2 V4.0 (damaged disk, incomplete dump) UUT Test Disk V1.0 System Disk 1 V4.2A, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.2A, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.1 Master User Disk 2 V4.1 68000 Pod User Disk V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68020 V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68030 V1.1 9132A Master User Disk 80386 V1.1
There are many, many more disks which should be saved. If you’re willing to help by loaning or selling disks, please reach out to me off-list.
Disks which I’d particularly like to see archived:
- Pre-4.x system software. - 6.1 system software. - TL/1 Language Checker disks for IBM PC & 9100.
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do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft William Stillwell Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Steve Larkins <steve@ukaudiovisual.co.uk> wrote:
Great thanks Ian. On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 at 05:14, Ian Eure <ieure@icloud.com> wrote:
Hi folks. I’m attempting to archive every factory-produced Fluke 9100 floppy disk. The available images are very disorganized, exist in multiple formats, aren’t complete, etc etc. Even the “Verified OK” 6.1 images do not appear to be entirely correct.
To accomplish this, I’ve acquired a Kryoflux USB floppy controller. It's similar to an industrial disk duplicator, designed for preservation and forensics, and reads/writes disks at a lower level than is possible with a computer disk controller. The nature of this level of preservation requires original factory media to create the images. Exact duplicates can then be written with Kryoflux hardware, and less exotic disk formats (which the 9100’s OS-9 disks are) can be written using SAMDisk on a normal PC, or converted to TeleDisk/ImageDisk formats.
I spent some time today archiving and cataloging every 9100 disk I own. They're organized with a consistent name, metadata, notes, disk contents, and photographs. I haven’t uploaded to the TTL FTP, since I expect this to be an ongoing project, and I can’t update TTL when there are changes. Everything is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ieure/fluke-9100-disk-archive
That repo contains images for:
System Disk 1 V4.1B, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.1B, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.0 Master User Disk 2 V4.0 (damaged disk, incomplete dump) UUT Test Disk V1.0 System Disk 1 V4.2A, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.2A, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.1 Master User Disk 2 V4.1 68000 Pod User Disk V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68020 V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68030 V1.1 9132A Master User Disk 80386 V1.1
There are many, many more disks which should be saved. If you’re willing to help by loaning or selling disks, please reach out to me off-list.
Disks which I’d particularly like to see archived:
- Pre-4.x system software. - 6.1 system software. - TL/1 Language Checker disks for IBM PC & 9100.
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft
Bill. The (removal of the) serialization on the service disk was a topic of a post a couple months ago. The image should be on flippers. I agree, the files on flippers really need cleaning up. I think I determined a while ago that the "verified ok" images are not in fact ok. The only disks I have are:: 9100 Master Disk 1 (v 6.0) 9100 Master Disk 2 (v 6.0) 9100 System Disk 1 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 2 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 3 (v 6.1) All have write protect notches set to "protect" but I have no idea if they have been written to (serialized). Also, on the topic of the disks, the Master Disk 2 label says it contains pods 3548, 3949 and 4050. I've never heard of these cpus before. The only pod I am aware of that's not listed on the label is the V.35 pod. Tony _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/
Agreed, I was not able to write the "VerifiedOK" images, as there were errors on some of them. Tony, if you want to loan those disks, I can dump them & verify if they're serialized or not. The Kryoflux hardware shows any areas of the disk which have been re-written. Or duplicates can be made and booted on hardware.
On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Tony Jones <tony@tonyjones.com> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote: do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft
Bill. The (removal of the) serialization on the service disk was a topic of a post a couple months ago. The image should be on flippers. I agree, the files on flippers really need cleaning up. I think I determined a while ago that the "verified ok" images are not in fact ok.
The only disks I have are::
9100 Master Disk 1 (v 6.0) 9100 Master Disk 2 (v 6.0) 9100 System Disk 1 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 2 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 3 (v 6.1)
All have write protect notches set to "protect" but I have no idea if they have been written to (serialized).
Also, on the topic of the disks, the Master Disk 2 label says it contains pods 3548, 3949 and 4050. I've never heard of these cpus before. The only pod I am aware of that's not listed on the label is the V.35 pod.
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If someone has the time to reorganize Flippers FTP that would be great - I don't. Please contact me off list and we can work something out. AIR 6.0 only had two discs and 6.1 had three. I have those and many others here in a box and can ship them somewhere for proper archiving as I agree this needs to be done. John :-#)# On 2017/04/25 11:49 AM, Tony Jones wrote:
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft Bill. The (removal of the) serialization on the service disk was a topic of a post a couple months ago. The image should be on flippers. I agree, the files on flippers really need cleaning up. I think I determined a while ago that the "verified ok" images are not in fact ok.
The only disks I have are::
9100 Master Disk 1 (v 6.0) 9100 Master Disk 2 (v 6.0) 9100 System Disk 1 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 2 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 3 (v 6.1)
All have write protect notches set to "protect" but I have no idea if they have been written to (serialized).
Also, on the topic of the disks, the Master Disk 2 label says it contains pods 3548, 3949 and 4050. I've never heard of these cpus before. The only pod I am aware of that's not listed on the label is the V.35 pod.
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John, Did Ian ever share the unserialized service disk image? i can't seem to find it on the ftp site. http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/2016q4/002617.html William Stillwell Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> wrote:
If someone has the time to reorganize Flippers FTP that would be great - I don't. Please contact me off list and we can work something out.
AIR 6.0 only had two discs and 6.1 had three. I have those and many others here in a box and can ship them somewhere for proper archiving as I agree this needs to be done.
John :-#)#
On 2017/04/25 11:49 AM, Tony Jones wrote:
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft
Bill. The (removal of the) serialization on the service disk was a topic of a post a couple months ago. The image should be on flippers. I agree, the files on flippers really need cleaning up. I think I determined a while ago that the "verified ok" images are not in fact ok.
The only disks I have are::
9100 Master Disk 1 (v 6.0) 9100 Master Disk 2 (v 6.0) 9100 System Disk 1 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 2 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 3 (v 6.1)
All have write protect notches set to "protect" but I have no idea if they have been written to (serialized).
Also, on the topic of the disks, the Master Disk 2 label says it contains pods 3548, 3949 and 4050. I've never heard of these cpus before. The only pod I am aware of that's not listed on the label is the V.35 pod.
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nevermind, found it: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9100%20Series/Service%20Disc%206/ William Stillwell Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:15 PM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
John, Did Ian ever share the unserialized service disk image? i can't seem to find it on the ftp site.
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/2016q4/002617.html
William Stillwell
Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization
Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> wrote:
If someone has the time to reorganize Flippers FTP that would be great - I don't. Please contact me off list and we can work something out.
AIR 6.0 only had two discs and 6.1 had three. I have those and many others here in a box and can ship them somewhere for proper archiving as I agree this needs to be done.
John :-#)#
On 2017/04/25 11:49 AM, Tony Jones wrote:
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft
Bill. The (removal of the) serialization on the service disk was a topic of a post a couple months ago. The image should be on flippers. I agree, the files on flippers really need cleaning up. I think I determined a while ago that the "verified ok" images are not in fact ok.
The only disks I have are::
9100 Master Disk 1 (v 6.0) 9100 Master Disk 2 (v 6.0) 9100 System Disk 1 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 2 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 3 (v 6.1)
All have write protect notches set to "protect" but I have no idea if they have been written to (serialized).
Also, on the topic of the disks, the Master Disk 2 label says it contains pods 3548, 3949 and 4050. I've never heard of these cpus before. The only pod I am aware of that's not listed on the label is the V.35 pod.
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Bill; Let us know how the upgrade goes. On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:16 PM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
nevermind, found it:
ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9100%20Series/Service%20Disc%206/
William Stillwell
Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization
Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:15 PM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
John, Did Ian ever share the unserialized service disk image? i can't seem to find it on the ftp site.
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/2016q4/002617.html
William Stillwell
Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization
Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> wrote:
If someone has the time to reorganize Flippers FTP that would be great - I don't. Please contact me off list and we can work something out.
AIR 6.0 only had two discs and 6.1 had three. I have those and many others here in a box and can ship them somewhere for proper archiving as I agree this needs to be done.
John :-#)#
On 2017/04/25 11:49 AM, Tony Jones wrote:
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft
Bill. The (removal of the) serialization on the service disk was a topic of a post a couple months ago. The image should be on flippers. I agree, the files on flippers really need cleaning up. I think I determined a while ago that the "verified ok" images are not in fact ok.
The only disks I have are::
9100 Master Disk 1 (v 6.0) 9100 Master Disk 2 (v 6.0) 9100 System Disk 1 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 2 (v 6.1) 9100 System Disk 3 (v 6.1)
All have write protect notches set to "protect" but I have no idea if they have been written to (serialized).
Also, on the topic of the disks, the Master Disk 2 label says it contains pods 3548, 3949 and 4050. I've never heard of these cpus before. The only pod I am aware of that's not listed on the label is the V.35 pod.
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I don't have an original service disk in this archive, because I don't own one & am imaging official media. The OS images are keyed to site code 001, but are unused & have no serial number restrictions. If someone wants to loan a service disk, I'll image it & put in the archive.
On Apr 25, 2017, at 11:38 AM, William Stillwell <ki4swy@gmail.com> wrote:
do these have any serial number checks disabled/removed? i need to make a service disk so i can update the ram amount in my 9100ft
William Stillwell
Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member - West Central Florida Group, Inc. a 501c3 organization
Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization
Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Steve Larkins <steve@ukaudiovisual.co.uk> wrote:
Great thanks Ian.
On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 at 05:14, Ian Eure <ieure@icloud.com> wrote:
Hi folks. I’m attempting to archive every factory-produced Fluke 9100 floppy disk. The available images are very disorganized, exist in multiple formats, aren’t complete, etc etc. Even the “Verified OK” 6.1 images do not appear to be entirely correct.
To accomplish this, I’ve acquired a Kryoflux USB floppy controller. It's similar to an industrial disk duplicator, designed for preservation and forensics, and reads/writes disks at a lower level than is possible with a computer disk controller. The nature of this level of preservation requires original factory media to create the images. Exact duplicates can then be written with Kryoflux hardware, and less exotic disk formats (which the 9100’s OS-9 disks are) can be written using SAMDisk on a normal PC, or converted to TeleDisk/ImageDisk formats.
I spent some time today archiving and cataloging every 9100 disk I own. They're organized with a consistent name, metadata, notes, disk contents, and photographs. I haven’t uploaded to the TTL FTP, since I expect this to be an ongoing project, and I can’t update TTL when there are changes. Everything is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ieure/fluke-9100-disk-archive
That repo contains images for:
System Disk 1 V4.1B, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.1B, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.0 Master User Disk 2 V4.0 (damaged disk, incomplete dump) UUT Test Disk V1.0 System Disk 1 V4.2A, Site code 001 System Disk 2 V4.2A, Site code 001 Master User Disk 1 V4.1 Master User Disk 2 V4.1 68000 Pod User Disk V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68020 V1.0 9132A Master User Disk 68030 V1.1 9132A Master User Disk 80386 V1.1
There are many, many more disks which should be saved. If you’re willing to help by loaning or selling disks, please reach out to me off-list.
Disks which I’d particularly like to see archived:
- Pre-4.x system software. - 6.1 system software. - TL/1 Language Checker disks for IBM PC & 9100.
— Ian _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/
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