--- In NorthStar_Computers@yahoogroups.com, Steven Hirsch
<snhirsch@...> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Andrew Lynch wrote:
>
> > --- In NorthStar_Computers@yahoogroups.com, "snhirsch5"
> > <snhirsch@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Andrew,
> >>
> >> What is the status with CWNS? I cannot seem to find any
discussion
> >> later than Fall 2007. Did you ever get it to the point of
reliably
> >> imaging and re-creating N* hard-sectored (and/or mixed density)
> > diskettes?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I did get CWNS to work reliably to make disk images of NorthStar
> > disks. It was never really intended to be able to recreate images
> > since the Dave Dunfield NST program did that already. I suppose
it
> > could be extended to write disks but I never had the need for it.
>
> Thanks for the quick response! Doesn't the NST program require N*
> hardware? Is there a way to write N* diskettes on PC hardware?
>
> Steve
>
>
> --
>

Hi Steve,
Yes, NST requires NS* hardware but if you need real disk images then
you probably already have access to it. At least that is the
reasoning. The disk images are useful in the Dave Dunfield NS
simulator which does not require NS* hardware.

Thanks! Have a nice day!

Andrew Lynch