In article , Michael A. Terrell wrote:
That's the same version number as what I used. Worked well on a 40 MHz
386 with a generic clone multiport floppy card, not so well on a 8 MHz 8086 super XT LCD Lunchbox with 360k drives. Too slow to keep up.If you want it to read single density (FM) disks, the best bet would to find an actual IBM PC/AT floppy controller. I think they took some care with the disk interface so that it would still read SD. The clone cards, or the chipsets they used, didn't guarentee they would work with single density.
Of course it won't read Apple II, (Old) Mac, Commodore, Intel MDS (M2FM), Victor, Northstar, or the old Heath hard sectored disks. Might be useful dealing with some of those strange HP test equipment disks.
Here's the start of their read.me file.
: AnaDisk Version 2.07 Distribution Notes : : August, 1992 : : :AnaDisk is a comprehensive diskette utility. It will examine, edit, repair, :format and copy almost any diskette. It is NOT FREE SOFTWARE - but "user :supported" Shareware. : :To register AnaDisk, print out the file ORDER.FRM for an order form. :Unregistered versions of AnaDisk will also print order forms. : :Please consult the documentation file ANADISK.DOC for registration and :distribution terms and information. : :This file was distributed as ANAD207.ZIP by Sydex. Authentic Validation :(-AV) should show that Sydex, Inc. was the originator. If, for any reason, :PKWare's .ZIP format is unsuitable, please use a file name of ANAD207. :Thus, if you use SEA's ARC program, the file name would be ANAD207.ARC. : :This diskette (or archive) contains the following files - : :CRC Checker, Copyright 1988, Sydex. All rights reserved : : FILE CRC LENGTH DATE : ==== === ====== ==== :CRCHECK.EXE 34996 5084 9/ 3/92 :ANADISK.EXE 34755 163747 9/ 3/92 :ANADISK.DOC 15036 78502 9/ 3/92 :WHATS.NEW 31613 1690 9/ 3/92 :ADCONFIG.EXE 19106 24507 9/ 3/92 :ORDER.FRM 39927 1571 9/ 3/92 : :READ.ME (What you're reading now) : :The CRC's are a check of the integrity of the files contained here and :should be verified by executing the following: : : CRCHECK *.* : :If the CRC's and lengths match with the list above, you can be fairly :certain that you have received the files intact.
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