On 8/25/2021 5:58 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2021, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
As a few of the signals on the 34-pin connector are different than the Shugart layout, I'm considering making up a custom cable and connecting it to my Catweasel MK4+. I have a utility from Andrew Lynch called "cwns", which is a modified version of "cw2dmk" to read Northstar hard-sector (10 SPT) diskettes. I might be able to modify that to read the VG 16 SPT diskettes, if the 1043-2 will work with the Catweasel.
It will not - but it has nothing to do with the cabling. I already tried with my catweasel. I was able to read flux, but between the hard sectoring and (possibly) different meta markers for the floppy sectors, the .scp file is useless. I just got my Cypress board for a fluxengine in the mail yesterday, but haven't set it up yet - maybe tomorrow. The website for fluxengine indicates it ought to work.
It's been pointed out that I could write something for the Vector 1 to read diskettes and transfer the contents out the serial port. I'd rather attack it from the point of my media imaging system, and there is a literal shoebox full of diskettes to image.
That was what I did back years ago.
Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
JRJ
