diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 14d52010..021f989b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ at least, check the CRC so what data's there is probably good. | Format | Read? | Write? | Notes | |:-----------------------------------------|:-----:|:------:|-------| | [AES Superplus / No Problem](doc/disk-aeslanier.md) | 🦖 | | hard sectors! | +| [Durango F85](doc/disk-durangof85.md) | 🦖 | | 8-inch _and_ hard sectors | | [Victor 9000](doc/disk-victor9k.md) | 🦖 | | 8-inch | | [Zilog MCZ](doc/disk-zilogmcz.md) | 🦖 | | 8-inch _and_ hard sectors | {: .datatable } diff --git a/doc/disk-durangof85.md b/doc/disk-durangof85.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f38a393 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/disk-durangof85.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Disk: Durango F85 +================= + +The Durango F85 was an early office computer based around an 8085 processor, +sold in 1977. It ran its own multitasking operating system call DX-85M, as +well as CP/M. It had an interesting electric-typewriter form factor, with a +little monitor sitting on the side of it --- in operation you were facing the +14" printer. + +It was touted as being portable. Which it was, if you were strong; the story +is that they had to do an extensive search to find someone capable of lifting +it for the following photo... + +
+A Durango F85, held precariously +
+ +...and even then, only for a few seconds. + +It used 5.25 soft-sectored disks storing an impressive-for-those-days +480kBish on a side, using a proprietary 4-in-5 GCR encoding. They used 77 +tracks, 12 sectors and 512 bytes per sector. Later models used double-sided +disks; I don't have access to an image of one so don't know how they work +(there's a suspicious looking spare byte in the sector header which could +store the side). As always, if you have one, please [get in +touch](https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine/issues/new). + +Reading discs +------------- + +Just do: + +``` +.obj/fe-readf85 +``` + +You should end up with an `f85.img` which is 472064 bytes long. + +Useful references +----------------- + +There's amazingly little information about these things. + + * [Chuck Guzis' F85 page](http://www.sydex.com/durango/durango.html) with lots of pictures + diff --git a/doc/durangof85.jpg b/doc/durangof85.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f12fec0b Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/durangof85.jpg differ