[Info-vax] OT: For MAC Lovers Only :-)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-10-16 19:21:11 +0000, JF Mezei said:

> On 12-10-16 08:12, John E. Malmberg wrote:
> 
>> It may be possible to use the "read track" low level floppy disk
>> controller command, which basically just copies all the bits read into a
>> memory buffer and then use a program to try to separate the data.
> 
> Isn't that what backup/physical does ?

Nope.

BACKUP (/PHYSICAL, /IMAGE, etc) uses existing sectors, and doesn't read 
raw track data.

The closest analog (via VMS APIs) would likely be via an 
IO$_DIAGNOSE-level interface, if that's supported by both the driver 
and the underlying device.


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