xerox 820-II boot disk

[David Griffith]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Dave Dunfield wrote:

> > I've unearthed a Xerox 820-II, the original boot disk to which has gone
> > bad.  Is there someone here who can create a copy of the original 8" boot
> > disk and whatever else was shipped with the Xerox 820-II?  I have blanks,
> > but no means to write to them.
>
> I have the 820-II boot disk up on my site in ImageDisk format.
>
> I have directions on my site to make an adapter which should let
> you connect one of the 8" drives to a 5.25" cable on a PC (don't
> bother with the 820-II harness - just open up the disk box and
> connect directly to the 50-pin connector on one of the drives).
>
> Another option might be to write the boot disk to a 5.25" HD
> diskette, then connect that in place of the A: drive (again
> you will need an adapter), boot from it and copy to an 8"
> disk in the B: drive.

I was hoping to find someone who has already done this since I barely have
the room to do so.

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