Monday, April 18, 2016

Reading Zilog S8000 QIC Tapes (MFM format)

I've read a few tapes purportedly from the Zilog S8000 using a DEI drive, and a quick look at the data captures in the Saleae GUI appears to show an MFM format, but with the data block anatomy unknown at this time.

So that I can orient myself to the data pulses I see in these captures, I'm reviewing the 


It is believed that this is the drive that these tapes were written with.

Here's what the beginning of the first block looks like: