Imagedisk 1.17

[J Blaser]

Dave Dunfield said:

> A few days back I posted ImageDisk 1.17 to the site, and it's just
> been reported (and confirmed) that it had a bug which causes it to
> write images incorrectly (fortunately it appears to read them
> correctly).
> 
> I've corrected the problem and updated the package - if you have
> downloaded 1.17 before today, please download it again.
> 
> I've also restored Imagedisk 1.16 to the site, listing it as the
> last known stable release, so that people won't be left hanging if
> (when) something like this happens again.
> 
> ...snip...
> 
> It's annoying to invest time to do someone a favor (that they asked for) only
> to find out that they consider their own time too valuable to follow up their
> part - I'm sure Chuck will tell me that this is one of the reasons he finally
> told people to shove Teledisk beyond the reach of solar illumination...
> </rant>
> 
> If anyone can help check out 1.17, that would be much appreciated.


I for one am mighty grateful for the actual usefulness of IMageDisk and want to just through my .02 cents into the hat.  It's a shame that your recent 'extra' efforts weren't/aren't properly acknowledged, and that the follow-through from the other side hasn't +happened.

Still, please regard me as an appreciative user of IMageDisk.  In recent months, I have processed nearly 450 floppies from my old MS-DOS days, as well as a set of CP/M and other development tools for my quite obscure, but not particularly noteworthy, Novell Data Systems 2010, a Z80A-based machine.  I was becoming very, very nervous about the stability of those old NDS 2010 diskettes (not used since c.1982), and breathed a huge sigh of relief when I got all of those floppies imaged and burned to CD-ROM.

Unfortunately, I've just finished my 'imaging project' using IMD 1.16, so I don't have much to test with 1.17.  Still, my hand is extended to you for producing, *and maintaining*, such a useful tool for vintage collectors.  Many thanks!

- Jared