[Coco] 188AA_02.DSK (Color FLEX) is defective!

[Luis Fernández]

No
This no flex file system is DECB
> From: SFischer1 at Mindspring.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 21:37:46 -0700
> Subject: [Coco] 188AA_02.DSK (Color FLEX) is defective!
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It took a little time for one of Luis's posts to sink in, but in looking at 
> "188AA_02.DSK" it appears that Track 0 sectors 1 - 18 have no data (number 
> of sectors in Track 0 has not been proved to me).
> 
> There should be something in the first 10 sectors, there is not. The format 
> of the rest of the disk for sure. Thus the error.
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> Checking "F503MSA.DSK" in:
> http://www.evenson-consulting.com/swtpc/downloads/RepairedDskFilesFromFUFU.zip
> it says it is FHL Color Flex and there is lots of data in track 0.
> 
> There are 14+ disks with similar names on:
> http://www.evenson-consulting.com/swtpc/fufu_downloads.htm
> But using the "Repaired" versions in the zip may be best.
> 
> One of these disks may work in an CoCo emulator, I know not which.
> 
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> I suspect the person who created "188AA_02.DSK" got an error reading Track 0 
> and just went blindly on ignoring that error (And perhaps others).
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> Please, everyone do not try using "188AA_02.DSK" any more.
> 
> SHF 
> 
> 
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