A little deeper googling is leading me to believe there is a special floppy_sys file on the utility disk that nobody has figured out how to recreate. I'll try it anyway when it arrives but If that ends up being the case, then I wonder if there is anyone on the list who would be willing to make my a utility disk. I'd be happy to send a blank disk and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:38 PM, Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah that's a good question, is like to know also. > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:29 PM Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> > wrote: > >> I don’t mean with a PC. I should already be able to use the drive via >> TS-DOS so I’m assuming I can just copy floppy.co to my M102 using >> desklink and then save it to the TPDD. I’m just wondering if that is good >> enough or if there is some special boot sector magic necessary. >> >> On May 29, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I don't believe you can create one with a PC floppy controller. I'd buy a >> copy off of someone is I could. For now, I'm planning on using the python >> library on Linux box connected to the drive to create the disk. I'd much >> rather just have the floppy. >> >> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 2:31 PM Kevin Becker <ke...@kevinbecker.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I've been watching eBay on and off for a TPDD or TPDD2 complete with >>> cable at a reasonable price for what feels like forever. I finally pulled >>> the trigger on one today but doesn't include the utility diskette. >>> >>> I already have a REX with TS-DOS and I know how to bootstrap TEENY if >>> necessary, but I'd like to have a utility disk with floppy.co just for >>> the fun of it. I believe I found floppy.co in an archive on the >>> Club100 site. Is there anything special about the utility disk or can I >>> just save floppy.co to any formatted disk and then be able to use it to >>> bootstrap floppy.co later? >>> >> -- >> Faith without Works is Dead... >> >> -- > Faith without Works is Dead... >
