Re: [NTLK] Zapped Flash Card...HELP!

From: Goodwin, Greg (GoodwinG_at_aafes.com)
Date: Wed Dec 22 2004 - 07:01:11 PST


        Aha! At last, copying of Newton format on a PC even if at the
most raw level. Reminds me of burning or copying an Atari Jaguar CD.
:)

Doctor Clu / Greg Goodwin
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-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Victor Rehorst
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:40 AM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Zapped Flash Card...HELP!

Humphreys, David wrote:
> I have a dual PCMCIA card slot and software.
>=20
> http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/copy/index.php
>=20
> This is a low level reader/writer that allows me to read or write on a
byte
> by byte basis.
>=20
> This means that I can backup any card regardless of format.
>=20
> I just create an image file of the card. This can be written back to a
card
> at a later date. Backup like this takes about a minute for a 20MB
card.
>=20
> Duplication is made trivial. I have 4 Newtons and once an image file
is
> made I have four identical cards in under 5 minutes.
>=20
> Also, rom cards can be backed up if you use a card with no attribute
memory
> to copy to.
>=20
> However, cost might be a factor for some people and it assumes a basic
> level of competency.

Wow. That's a nice setup.

Even just their software looks like it could be really used to repair
CIS info=20
on a card (something that I'd like to do on two cards).

But through some searching I found reference to a utility Microsoft
called=20
DTPL.EXE which will read and decode the CIS info, so I'll at least be
able to=20
verify that the card's data is corrupt (I have a 16MB Pretec linear card
that=20
got killed by an old test version of ATA Support, back when I was
testing for=20
Paul).

So maybe with this I can check the CIS data, and with Linux I can raw=20
read-write it...

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