Disk Archive — Compute PC Magazine Disk May 1989 Volume 3 No.3 Issue 11 (Compute-PC-Magazine-Disk_May-1989_Volume-3_No.3

▸ Archivist's Notes

DEVICE: GreaseWeazle 4.1
   DRIVE: TEAC FD-55GFR
   SUITE: FluxEngine (decoder.retries=250, drive.revolutions=1.2)
ARCHIVER: Lee Smallbone
ARCHIVED: 2026-05-18 1330 (GMT/UTC)

NOTES: 
Disk purchased as part of a batch of 7 'Compute!' PC magazine cover-disks, shipped to England from Las Vegas.

Publication and disk called "Compute!" but ! knocked from the filename for NetDrive compatibility reasons.

Excellent packaging. 

Disk was found heavily contaminated with mould. Attempt made to read disk as-is, but failed on all sectors.

Disk drive heads thoroughly cleaned (3x 'gw clean' cycles with a isopropyl alcohol-soaked cleaning disk).

Method:

1) Disk unsleaved. 
2) Bathed in a 2 drops washing up liquid / warm water solution.
3) Disk gently cleaned with lint-free swab on both sides and dried thoroughly. 
4) Magnetic media inserted into clean donor sleave for archiving. 
5) Bad sector re-read: 3 sectors still cannot be read. 
6) Using FluxEngine media map, spot-cleaning with isopropyl alcohol undertaken. 
7) Bad sector re-read: Successful. 

100% media recovery.

Disk returned to original sleeve for archiving.

▸ Directory Tree

┌─ COMPUTE-PC-MAGAZINE-DISK_MAY-1989_VOLUME-3_NO.3_ISSUE-11.IMG
│
├── -CHECKUP.EXE              71.5 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:88295897d2db00f617c9374f7657454caf539c86b090dccc4cdc8bdfc497876f
├── -DRSLEEP.EXE              57.8 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:8bbfc59bf5fd334355f70536fb0bf6f20d4ae867169b0d1ddfe2500936555a12
├── -SIN.EXE                  52.1 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:6c2f57a28e1eeafc43997a6085fe2caa717e17a1aa3755eb6d4428eb53d1327f
├── B.EXE                     18.5 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:1e9d7ef2ffef4f140992f7861fbb94bed9070b4eb73b59a1772e5c3f9215ba76
├── ISKIB.COM                   35 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:5842aaa092c0bcec386181a5513bb1abf9061ebd4e4655983c68e1486840079b
├── ISKIB.PIC                   16 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:5b36e73b579de2539199a4d54cded5eda3c1503bce987dde70a0ad20e4c3684c
├── ISKIB.SHP                 24.5 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:4a8053c0ab907d2e1bb483c0233861ba73825f90287b2925ebdcd2263797d82f
├── README                    10.6 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:aa5ba21479f97e068e6a7726f560b42c1a4b23d189a7933aef814203e28f99d8
├── S.COM                      9.5 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:81492bba06363f97e8f5fe692a717b83391416db55768477c70c1b144d35639f
├── SNOOPER.DOC                 837 B  1989-01-26  sha256:196eb23c98f756dbbd677ad56040954d36e963dce1a8294cf89142919dd6b401
├── SNOOPER.EXE               10.2 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:a53aa7a2a87306c493874fecef2da8608092f56428519cb70423086a2a7aa97b
├── SUBDIR.DOC                   2 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:d479ff170e54727f0a3fc0929887e244adfa5c679768df9f8b2002fa78ea66d1
└── VMUSIC\
    ├── BABYLON                     880 B  1989-01-26  sha256:3c000cfd3d18f47f7b73728dce3395329d1b520dfd3081c727e99772835acbd5
    ├── DBNUSHKA                    438 B  1989-01-26  sha256:c35cd0fdc3e46baa81ec708135923c03d75dbaafaf75e5ef4d4ce6d6980a4f92
    ├── DONNA                       878 B  1989-01-26  sha256:ad55d2693f9f2989feebde842c6cf84b14e1282e520aa34e923d53a69b208e39
    ├── ECCO                        474 B  1989-01-26  sha256:cee1edbef0bda04ca4014de4043553d759c84bfe53ae0bf12f767b10b6184f84
    ├── EXPANSE                     333 B  1989-01-26  sha256:23ac07891983847345859220e27f2d041805fade84fb0acca494505cefd915c4
    ├── GATHER                      376 B  1989-01-26  sha256:ba43c4682626b7231bb445922c3047742878b45fadd2e2b9558bf4ee631a85c1
    ├── GREEN                       456 B  1989-01-26  sha256:15b4de7f3730571c1f45c24062392abc36e94afba4d1430031e257ad4e5b9359
    ├── KATIUSHA                    525 B  1989-01-26  sha256:16bcb822b36010fcf61f3278f5953676c4c80cd0318439458a0e380f3d89d202
    ├── MINUET                      364 B  1989-01-26  sha256:94989be0d301d642906f39ff92deb0d2c83cf960debbc9a2ecfd9988413b8342
    ├── ODE                         271 B  1989-01-26  sha256:28a03688811f9603e05a47dd50fc11c17d79cfeabccfb1a08a2821cecf0d07f7
    ├── RIGDOON                     368 B  1989-01-26  sha256:137e251d01fd3e3a30c33f86389393a2191f54fc195e981889014e22d3906f7c
    ├── RUPERT                      456 B  1989-01-26  sha256:d576f1a307fce31f31a065a8250537b242df3742c9e68501bd3e04756f1fc9fa
    ├── VM.BAT                       31 B  1989-01-26  sha256:f9e2c396566605a74d048523ecc45252c96dd8e6e695e4a7e74ec096f3ded70d
    ├── VMUSIC.DOC                10.2 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:c2ab6c6cc7515993ad777a420429a9b38d491ad4b8365374081b416785e77de9
    └── VMUSIC.EXE                12.3 KB  1989-01-26  sha256:67afc942bfc3ccf1aae61a3b358bdc4f98bcc5280fa9beac09c0f5ab61f9c00e
│
└─ END COMPUTE-PC-MAGAZINE-DISK_MAY-1989_VOLUME-3_NO.3_ISSUE-11.IMG

▸ File Manifest

Path	Size	Modified	SHA-256
-CHECKUP.EXE	71.5 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	88295897d2db00f617c9374f7657454caf539c86b090dccc4cdc8bdfc497876f
-DRSLEEP.EXE	57.8 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	8bbfc59bf5fd334355f70536fb0bf6f20d4ae867169b0d1ddfe2500936555a12
-SIN.EXE	52.1 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	6c2f57a28e1eeafc43997a6085fe2caa717e17a1aa3755eb6d4428eb53d1327f
B.EXE	18.5 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	1e9d7ef2ffef4f140992f7861fbb94bed9070b4eb73b59a1772e5c3f9215ba76
ISKIB.COM	35 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	5842aaa092c0bcec386181a5513bb1abf9061ebd4e4655983c68e1486840079b
ISKIB.PIC	16 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	5b36e73b579de2539199a4d54cded5eda3c1503bce987dde70a0ad20e4c3684c
ISKIB.SHP 📄 view	24.5 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	4a8053c0ab907d2e1bb483c0233861ba73825f90287b2925ebdcd2263797d82f
README 📄 view	10.6 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	aa5ba21479f97e068e6a7726f560b42c1a4b23d189a7933aef814203e28f99d8
S.COM	9.5 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	81492bba06363f97e8f5fe692a717b83391416db55768477c70c1b144d35639f
SNOOPER.DOC 📄 view	837 B	1989-01-26 16:14	196eb23c98f756dbbd677ad56040954d36e963dce1a8294cf89142919dd6b401
SNOOPER.EXE	10.2 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	a53aa7a2a87306c493874fecef2da8608092f56428519cb70423086a2a7aa97b
SUBDIR.DOC 📄 view	2 KB	1989-01-26 11:28	d479ff170e54727f0a3fc0929887e244adfa5c679768df9f8b2002fa78ea66d1
VMUSIC\BABYLON 📄 view	880 B	1989-01-26 11:29	3c000cfd3d18f47f7b73728dce3395329d1b520dfd3081c727e99772835acbd5
VMUSIC\DBNUSHKA 📄 view	438 B	1989-01-26 11:29	c35cd0fdc3e46baa81ec708135923c03d75dbaafaf75e5ef4d4ce6d6980a4f92
VMUSIC\DONNA 📄 view	878 B	1989-01-26 11:29	ad55d2693f9f2989feebde842c6cf84b14e1282e520aa34e923d53a69b208e39
VMUSIC\ECCO 📄 view	474 B	1989-01-26 11:29	cee1edbef0bda04ca4014de4043553d759c84bfe53ae0bf12f767b10b6184f84
VMUSIC\EXPANSE 📄 view	333 B	1989-01-26 11:29	23ac07891983847345859220e27f2d041805fade84fb0acca494505cefd915c4
VMUSIC\GATHER 📄 view	376 B	1989-01-26 11:29	ba43c4682626b7231bb445922c3047742878b45fadd2e2b9558bf4ee631a85c1
VMUSIC\GREEN 📄 view	456 B	1989-01-26 11:29	15b4de7f3730571c1f45c24062392abc36e94afba4d1430031e257ad4e5b9359
VMUSIC\KATIUSHA 📄 view	525 B	1989-01-26 11:29	16bcb822b36010fcf61f3278f5953676c4c80cd0318439458a0e380f3d89d202
VMUSIC\MINUET 📄 view	364 B	1989-01-26 11:29	94989be0d301d642906f39ff92deb0d2c83cf960debbc9a2ecfd9988413b8342
VMUSIC\ODE 📄 view	271 B	1989-01-26 11:29	28a03688811f9603e05a47dd50fc11c17d79cfeabccfb1a08a2821cecf0d07f7
VMUSIC\RIGDOON 📄 view	368 B	1989-01-26 11:29	137e251d01fd3e3a30c33f86389393a2191f54fc195e981889014e22d3906f7c
VMUSIC\RUPERT 📄 view	456 B	1989-01-26 11:29	d576f1a307fce31f31a065a8250537b242df3742c9e68501bd3e04756f1fc9fa
VMUSIC\VM.BAT 📄 view	31 B	1989-01-26 11:29	f9e2c396566605a74d048523ecc45252c96dd8e6e695e4a7e74ec096f3ded70d
VMUSIC\VMUSIC.DOC 📄 view	10.2 KB	1989-01-26 11:29	c2ab6c6cc7515993ad777a420429a9b38d491ad4b8365374081b416785e77de9
VMUSIC\VMUSIC.EXE	12.3 KB	1989-01-26 11:29	67afc942bfc3ccf1aae61a3b358bdc4f98bcc5280fa9beac09c0f5ab61f9c00e

▸ Antivirus Scan

✓ NO THREATS DETECTED

27FILES SCANNED

0INFECTED

0ERRORS

33.23sSCAN TIME

Engine: ClamAV 1.4.4 / DB 27990 · via clamdscan

Infected files: 0
Time: 0.008 sec (0 m 0 s)

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▸ Live Access via mTCP NetDrive

This disk image is available for immediate live access on the public X86.WORLD mTCP NetDrive service. Mount it directly as a drive letter on any DOS machine with a network connection — no download required.

DOS COMMAND

NETDRIVE CONNECT disks.x86.world:2002 Compute-PC-Magazine-Disk_May-1989_Volume-3_No.3_Issue-11.img D:

Requires mTCP and a configured packet driver. Replace D: with any free drive letter. The connection is session-scoped (writeable, but only for your connected session).
Type NETDRIVE DISCONNECT D: to unmount.

Image Size	360 KB
Filesystem	FAT12
Floppy Type	360KB
Form Factor	5.25"
Format Notes	IBM DOS 2.0 DS/DD
Volume Label	PCDK0589
Cylinders	40
Heads	2
Sectors/Track	9
Total Sectors	720

Used capacity	93.5%
Slack space	6.5% (23.3 KB)
Date range	1989-01-26 → 1989-01-26
Largest file	-CHECKUP.EXE (71.5 KB)
Cross-disk dupes	0 file(s)
AV status	✓ CLEAN

▸ Disk Identity