Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Jason T via cctalk]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Mark G Thomas  wrote:
> I think you want this:  http://files.markgthomas.com/dl/adaptec/EZSCSI40.IMD
> (This URL is temporary.)

Ahh I didn't realize it was just the EZSCSI disk.  Grabbed it just in
case, as I don't know which version(s) I have.

Thanks!

-j

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Noel Chiappa via cctalk]

> From: Jonathan

> if someone wants to sticky this (here or in other forums), I think this
> would be a valuable resource for anyone wanting to use ImageDisk on
> non-PC formats.

How about someone doing an ImageDisk page on the Computer History Wiki; we
could include an 'External link' to the new registry (and also the original
one, etc).

Noel

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Mark G Thomas via cctalk]

Hi,

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 08:26:45PM -0600, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Richard Cini  wrote:
> > I use this card as a floppy/disk controller in a PC/AT that's used solely 
> > for imaging. The controller is connected to two Seagate ST-2502N (442MB) 
> > hard drives running MS-DOS 6.22. Works like a champ. Cables are readily 
> > available on eBay but since they're regular 50-pin IDC connectors, you can 
> > DIY if needed -- connectors are readily available.
> 
> Do you have (and can you post) the MS-DOS drivers for that card?  I
> also run one in my floppy imager machine, which dual-boots btw. MS-DOS
> and some later Linux.  Having SCSI for at least one of the OSes would
> be nice.
> 
> I could also switch the other partition over to FreeBSD, as Warner L 
> suggested.

I think you want this:  http://files.markgthomas.com/dl/adaptec/EZSCSI40.IMD
(This URL is temporary.)

I just found, imaged, and installed it, on my disk-imaging PC using
an AHA-1522A:

---
IMD 1.18: 24/12/2017  4:54:15
Adaptec EZ-SCSI v4.01a Setup Diskette Disk 1of1 HD 3.5
Windows 95/NT/3.1x and DOS Drivers
>From Windows 95 or NT Click Start, Run, Type a:\setup
>From Windows 3.1 or NT 3.52 File/Run Type a:\setup
>From DOS Type a:, Type dosinst
---

Mark

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Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[systems_glitch via cctalk]

I often have a 1522A in my disk imaging machine. Linux supports it, which
means I can use `ddrescue` with it. It'll also talk to a lot of
older/slower drives that my 2940UW doesn't like (e.g. very old DEC drives
from VAXen, it does better with some old tape drives than the 2940UW). It's
slow, but I've also found that it's less likely to cause a kernel panic if
you're working on a disk that is very near the end of its life. I suspect
that's due to being a PIO device.

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 6:31 AM, jim stephens via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

>
>
> On 1/18/2018 5:44 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as
>>> well have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out
>>> looking for them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for TESTFDC.
>>>
>> Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
>> has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
>> you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
>> imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
>> It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
>> Not sure about the BSDs.
>>
>>
>> The 1522 was based on a lower cost chipset which Adaptec introduced to
> complement the 154x boards.  SCSI was suffering from being undercut by
> other interfaces in the market due to the nonstandard bios interface that
> the systems equipped with the 154x boards had to run with as bios got more
> complicated.
>
> Also I think this was the first chip that could be in the system w/o
> having the bios initiate the interface.  The 154x (1542 for example)
> required having the bus initiated and reset at boot by the bios, since
> there was a lot of logic involved in that chip.  The 152x and the like
> could be fully integrated into a reasonable sized driver and only have to
> go the the time consuming process of resetting and enumerating devices and
> initiators, etc. when needed.
>
> As Richard said for use with scanners and other peripheral media. The
> systems became very annoying if you didn't have boot media attached to the
> system controller to justify all the time it took to do that on every boot.
>
> And this and the 151x controllers were priced lower.
>
> I suspect the 154x and the PCI interface controllers Adaptec had should
> still be in the kernel.  You might be able to find the drivers and enable
> them in the Linux Kernel, unless some kernel driver rewrite had some
> feature that couldn't be implemented for this controller.
>
> I don't have a lot of references for the above, and if anyone has updates
> or comments, please add them.  I'm still using the HP DL360 and DL380 and
> the like which have the higher end controllers integrated in for the only
> SCSI work I do, and have not followed these or other support for a long
> time for parallel scsi interfaces.
>
> DL360's are so cheap that buying one with SCSI drives in the Generation 5
> or 6 or later is the best way I know of to run SCSI. Not great for power,
> but they are excellent and solid systems with a lot of OS support.
> thanks
> Jim
>

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[jim stephens via cctalk]

On 1/18/2018 5:44 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote:

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk
 wrote:

I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as well 
have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out looking for 
them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for TESTFDC.

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.


The 1522 was based on a lower cost chipset which Adaptec introduced to 
complement the 154x boards.  SCSI was suffering from being undercut by 
other interfaces in the market due to the nonstandard bios interface 
that the systems equipped with the 154x boards had to run with as bios 
got more complicated.


Also I think this was the first chip that could be in the system w/o 
having the bios initiate the interface.  The 154x (1542 for example) 
required having the bus initiated and reset at boot by the bios, since 
there was a lot of logic involved in that chip.  The 152x and the like 
could be fully integrated into a reasonable sized driver and only have 
to go the the time consuming process of resetting and enumerating 
devices and initiators, etc. when needed.


As Richard said for use with scanners and other peripheral media. The 
systems became very annoying if you didn't have boot media attached to 
the system controller to justify all the time it took to do that on 
every boot.


And this and the 151x controllers were priced lower.

I suspect the 154x and the PCI interface controllers Adaptec had should 
still be in the kernel.  You might be able to find the drivers and 
enable them in the Linux Kernel, unless some kernel driver rewrite had 
some feature that couldn't be implemented for this controller.


I don't have a lot of references for the above, and if anyone has 
updates or comments, please add them.  I'm still using the HP DL360 and 
DL380 and the like which have the higher end controllers integrated in 
for the only SCSI work I do, and have not followed these or other 
support for a long time for parallel scsi interfaces.


DL360's are so cheap that buying one with SCSI drives in the Generation 
5 or 6 or later is the best way I know of to run SCSI. Not great for 
power, but they are excellent and solid systems with a lot of OS support.

thanks
Jim

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[jim stephens via cctalk]

On 1/19/2018 12:08 AM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote:

Didn’t early SUN gear have SCSI floppy drives?


There is a SCSI floppy drive branded with Tadpole, I think.
thanks
Jim

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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:18 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results 
Registry)


On Thu, 18 Jan 2018, Jason T via cctalk wrote:

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.


A few SCSI floppy drives existed, but they were never very common.
Only SCSI floppy that I remember having was a "Floptical" (20MB), that
also handled 1.4M

Or, are you suggesting putting together an imaging machine that also
handles HDD, CD-ROM, some tape cartridges, etc.?

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Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Holm Tiffe via cctalk]

Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jan 2018, TeoZ wrote:
> > Didn?t early SUN gear have SCSI floppy drives?
> 
> No, SUN always used standard floppy controllers. But HP and DEC used them, 
> although it was not very common. The floppy drives are standard TEAC 
> FD-235HF with an additional SCSI floppy controller board.
> 
> Christian


Christian weißt Du wo man Sowas noch auftreiben könnte? Ich suche nach
einer Möglichkeit Floppies mit "modernen Computern" zu lesen und
Schreiben..natürlich noch viel lieber 5,25 Zoll..
SCSI hab ich in so gut wie allen Rechnern, aber die Motherboards haben
keinen FDC mehr und auch keine ISA Slots um sowas wie einen 1542 rein zu
stöpseln.

Gruß,

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Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Christian Corti via cctalk]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2018, TeoZ wrote:

Didn?t early SUN gear have SCSI floppy drives?


No, SUN always used standard floppy controllers. But HP and DEC used them, 
although it was not very common. The floppy drives are standard TEAC 
FD-235HF with an additional SCSI floppy controller board.


Christian

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Christian Corti via cctalk]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018, Chuck Guzis wrote:

I've had some decent results with P4 and Socket 939 motherboards but
after that, not so much.  I don't know if that's a bright-line rule, but
it seems to hold with my gear.


My quite current Socket AM3+ board with six-core CPU and 16GB of RAM (to 
be precise, an ASrock 890FX Deluxe5) has a floppy connector (one of the 
reason I chose that board), and it supports FM and MFM.


Christian

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[TeoZ via cctalk]

Didn’t early SUN gear have SCSI floppy drives?

-Original Message- 
From: Fred Cisin via cctalk

Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:18 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results 
Registry)


On Thu, 18 Jan 2018, Jason T via cctalk wrote:

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.


A few SCSI floppy drives existed, but they were never very common.
Only SCSI floppy that I remember having was a "Floptical" (20MB), that
also handled 1.4M

Or, are you suggesting putting together an imaging machine that also
handles HDD, CD-ROM, some tape cartridges, etc.? 



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Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

On 01/18/2018 06:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:

> A few SCSI floppy drives existed, but they were never very common.
> Only SCSI floppy that I remember having was a "Floptical" (20MB), that
> also handled 1.4M

Most "real" SCSI drives were basically bolt-on adapter affairs to a
traditional floppy interface.   You can, for example, occasionally find
Teac FD235S drives for sale--and if you look, it's basically a
SCSI-to-floppy adapter bolted onto a regular FD235.

There were also some SMS/OMTI cards that served the same
purpose--floopy-to-SCSI.

--Chuck

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Richard Cini via cctalk]

For that card, no drivers are needed for the hard drives. The 
on-board ROM is an Int13 wedge.
Regarding using any other devices like a ZIP drive, CD or a floptical, not sure 
if those need drivers. ZIP definitely needed a DOS driver. The CD did as well 
(In both config.sys and autoexec) but the ROM may have CDROM extensions already 
to enable booting from CD. Never tried it with that card though. 



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On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 9:27 PM -0500, "Jason T via cctalk" 
 wrote:










On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Richard Cini  wrote:
> I use this card as a floppy/disk controller in a PC/AT that's used solely for 
> imaging. The controller is connected to two Seagate ST-2502N (442MB) hard 
> drives running MS-DOS 6.22. Works like a champ. Cables are readily available 
> on eBay but since they're regular 50-pin IDC connectors, you can DIY if 
> needed -- connectors are readily available.

Do you have (and can you post) the MS-DOS drivers for that card?  I
also run one in my floppy imager machine, which dual-boots btw. MS-DOS
and some later Linux.  Having SCSI for at least one of the OSes would
be nice.

I could also switch the other partition over to FreeBSD, as Warner L suggested.

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Jason T via cctalk]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
 wrote:
> Or, are you suggesting putting together an imaging machine that also handles
> HDD, CD-ROM, some tape cartridges, etc.?

Correct.  Two key components in short supply when you have 11
classiccmp projects are space and motivation, so if I can dd an old
hard drive/Jaz cart/etc from the same machine where I'm reading in
floppies, all the better.

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Jason T via cctalk]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:55 PM, Richard Cini  wrote:
> I use this card as a floppy/disk controller in a PC/AT that's used solely for 
> imaging. The controller is connected to two Seagate ST-2502N (442MB) hard 
> drives running MS-DOS 6.22. Works like a champ. Cables are readily available 
> on eBay but since they're regular 50-pin IDC connectors, you can DIY if 
> needed -- connectors are readily available.

Do you have (and can you post) the MS-DOS drivers for that card?  I
also run one in my floppy imager machine, which dual-boots btw. MS-DOS
and some later Linux.  Having SCSI for at least one of the OSes would
be nice.

I could also switch the other partition over to FreeBSD, as Warner L suggested.

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Fred Cisin via cctalk]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018, Jason T via cctalk wrote:

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.


A few SCSI floppy drives existed, but they were never very common.
Only SCSI floppy that I remember having was a "Floptical" (20MB), that 
also handled 1.4M


Or, are you suggesting putting together an imaging machine that also 
handles HDD, CD-ROM, some tape cartridges, etc.?

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Warner Losh via cctalk]

On Jan 18, 2018 6:44 PM, "Jason T via cctalk"  wrote:

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk
 wrote:
> I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as
well have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out
looking for them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for TESTFDC.

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.


FreeBSD supports it with the aic driver.

Warner

Re: Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Richard Cini via cctalk]

I use this card as a floppy/disk controller in a PC/AT that's used solely for 
imaging. The controller is connected to two Seagate ST-2502N (442MB) hard 
drives running MS-DOS 6.22. Works like a champ. Cables are readily available on 
eBay but since they're regular 50-pin IDC connectors, you can DIY if needed -- 
connectors are readily available.


Rich
 
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On 1/18/18, 8:44 PM, "cctalk on behalf of Jason T via cctalk" 
 wrote:

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk
 wrote:
> I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as 
well have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out looking 
for them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for TESTFDC.

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.

Adaptec 1522A SCSI Support (was re: New TestFDC Results Registry)

[Jason T via cctalk]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk
 wrote:
> I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as well 
> have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out looking for 
> them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for TESTFDC.

Has anyone using one of these cards made use of the SCSI function?  It
has a Centronics 50 connector, which isn't terribly useful unless
you've got the right cable, but if you're building an all-in-one
imaging machine, it might be handy to have SCSI capability as well.
It seems the driver hasn't been in Linux for quite a few versions.
Not sure about the BSDs.

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Adrian Graham via cctalk]

>> manipulate SSSD images then tonight I read a message on VCFED from
>> our own Chuck Guzis saying there were two controller chips in the
>> 1542CF (national and broken Intel) and I discovered I had a broken
>> Intel one.
>> 
>> I may have cussed.
> 
> Perhaps all is not lost.  I'd have to go and look at my 1542CF, but I
> believe that I discovered that it uses either the Intel 82077 or the
> National PC8477 chip.

Yep, and that Intel broke the SSSD part of the FDC by adding tape support to 
the card.

> That being the case, if you're handy, you can simply replace the Intel
> chip with the National one.  They're pretty much pin-compatible (the NSC
> one requires a couple fewer external components).

I could, but I guess by the time I’ve sourced a replacement I might as well 
have bought an AHA-1522A instead, I have a couple of scouts out looking for 
them as we speak :) The 1522A is a full pass for TESTFDC.

> 
> There are many other SCSI controllers that have decent FDCs.  I've had
> good luck with Ultrastor and Future Domain cards, for example.

I noticed a couple of boards on the list that I might’ve gone past in the 
‘spare old boards’ box at work earlier and discounted because they were too 
‘new’, an Asus one and Aopen one which are both Athlon based. They both do SSSD 
so it’s also an avenue worth pursuing.

Cheers!

—
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Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

On 01/18/2018 12:46 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:

> Gh, talk about the wrong timing for this XD. I say this because I
> just bought an AHA-1524CF on various folk’s recommendations (not from
> here) a couple of weeks ago only to find I still couldn’t really
> manipulate SSSD images then tonight I read a message on VCFED from
> our own Chuck Guzis saying there were two controller chips in the
> 1542CF (national and broken Intel) and I discovered I had a broken
> Intel one.
> 
> I may have cussed.

Perhaps all is not lost.  I'd have to go and look at my 1542CF, but I
believe that I discovered that it uses either the Intel 82077 or the
National PC8477 chip.

That being the case, if you're handy, you can simply replace the Intel
chip with the National one.  They're pretty much pin-compatible (the NSC
one requires a couple fewer external components).

There are many other SCSI controllers that have decent FDCs.  I've had
good luck with Ultrastor and Future Domain cards, for example.

--Chuck

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

On 01/18/2018 01:57 PM, william degnan wrote:
> Please, call me Bill :-)
> I have a system with a Catweasel and a connection to the motherboard,  I
> am unsure how I have it set up as it has been many years since I opened
> the box.    I have to see what I am doing in there.  It's a dual-boot
> system that goes into either Win 2000 or DOS 6.22, but I forget how the
> catweasel is hooked up and wither I use it with image disk or not.  

Okay, so who was it on this list wanted to be called Will?   At any
rate, Bill,  I'll file that away for future reference.

I really doubt that IMD will do anything with the CW MK4.

Another rule of thumb is that if a motherboard is post-P4 and lacks a
parallel port, it's unlikely that it'll give any useful results with
TESTFDC.   I think the floppy facility was included mostly for
high-density *read* compatibility.

I've had some decent results with P4 and Socket 939 motherboards but
after that, not so much.  I don't know if that's a bright-line rule, but
it seems to hold with my gear.

--Chuck

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[william degnan via cctalk]

Please, call me Bill :-)
I have a system with a Catweasel and a connection to the motherboard,  I am
unsure how I have it set up as it has been many years since I opened the
box.I have to see what I am doing in there.  It's a dual-boot system
that goes into either Win 2000 or DOS 6.22, but I forget how the catweasel
is hooked up and wither I use it with image disk or not.
Bill

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:36 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

> Will, I wasn't aware the CW MK4+ had a legacy floppy controller on it
> (i.e. ports 3fx, DMA 2, IRQ 6 setup with NEC 765 command set).  The CWs
> that I have (a MK3 and a MK1) are all sui generis devices not supported
> by off-the-shelf software.  In particularly, I don't think they'll work
> with, say, IMD, or AnaDisk.
>
> --Chuck
>
>
> On 01/18/2018 01:17 PM, william degnan via cctalk wrote:
> > Does someone have results for the Siliconsonic / Individual computers
> > Catweasel MK4 plus?  IF not I will put that on my list of to-do's.
> >
> > I added a link to this onto my web site in the links section and the
> > archiving info thread.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk <
> > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> On 18 Jan 2018, at 15:46, systems_glitch via cctalk <
> >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since
> >>> apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry
> >> into
> >>> my site:
> >>>
> >>> https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results
> >>
> >> Gh, talk about the wrong timing for this XD. I say this because I
> just
> >> bought an AHA-1524CF on various folk’s recommendations (not from here) a
> >> couple of weeks ago only to find I still couldn’t really manipulate SSSD
> >> images then tonight I read a message on VCFED from our own Chuck Guzis
> >> saying there were two controller chips in the 1542CF (national and
> broken
> >> Intel) and I discovered I had a broken Intel one.
> >>
> >> I may have cussed.
> >>
> >> Typically all the AHA-1522s are in the US, sigh.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> —
> >> Adrian/Witchy
> >> Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
> >> w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk t: @binarydinosaurs
> >> f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> --Chuck
>
> Sent from my digital computer
>

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Chuck Guzis via cctalk]

Will, I wasn't aware the CW MK4+ had a legacy floppy controller on it
(i.e. ports 3fx, DMA 2, IRQ 6 setup with NEC 765 command set).  The CWs
that I have (a MK3 and a MK1) are all sui generis devices not supported
by off-the-shelf software.  In particularly, I don't think they'll work
with, say, IMD, or AnaDisk.

--Chuck


On 01/18/2018 01:17 PM, william degnan via cctalk wrote:
> Does someone have results for the Siliconsonic / Individual computers
> Catweasel MK4 plus?  IF not I will put that on my list of to-do's.
> 
> I added a link to this onto my web site in the links section and the
> archiving info thread.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
>>
>>> On 18 Jan 2018, at 15:46, systems_glitch via cctalk <
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since
>>> apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry
>> into
>>> my site:
>>>
>>> https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results
>>
>> Gh, talk about the wrong timing for this XD. I say this because I just
>> bought an AHA-1524CF on various folk’s recommendations (not from here) a
>> couple of weeks ago only to find I still couldn’t really manipulate SSSD
>> images then tonight I read a message on VCFED from our own Chuck Guzis
>> saying there were two controller chips in the 1542CF (national and broken
>> Intel) and I discovered I had a broken Intel one.
>>
>> I may have cussed.
>>
>> Typically all the AHA-1522s are in the US, sigh.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> —
>> Adrian/Witchy
>> Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
>> w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk t: @binarydinosaurs
>> f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
>>
>>
> 


-- 
--Chuck

Sent from my digital computer

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[william degnan via cctalk]

Does someone have results for the Siliconsonic / Individual computers
Catweasel MK4 plus?  IF not I will put that on my list of to-do's.

I added a link to this onto my web site in the links section and the
archiving info thread.

Bill

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

>
> > On 18 Jan 2018, at 15:46, systems_glitch via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since
> > apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry
> into
> > my site:
> >
> > https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results
>
> Gh, talk about the wrong timing for this XD. I say this because I just
> bought an AHA-1524CF on various folk’s recommendations (not from here) a
> couple of weeks ago only to find I still couldn’t really manipulate SSSD
> images then tonight I read a message on VCFED from our own Chuck Guzis
> saying there were two controller chips in the 1542CF (national and broken
> Intel) and I discovered I had a broken Intel one.
>
> I may have cussed.
>
> Typically all the AHA-1522s are in the US, sigh.
>
> Cheers,
>
> —
> Adrian/Witchy
> Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
> w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk t: @binarydinosaurs
> f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs
>
>

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Adrian Graham via cctalk]

> On 18 Jan 2018, at 15:46, systems_glitch via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since
> apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry into
> my site:
> 
> https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results

Gh, talk about the wrong timing for this XD. I say this because I just 
bought an AHA-1524CF on various folk’s recommendations (not from here) a couple 
of weeks ago only to find I still couldn’t really manipulate SSSD images then 
tonight I read a message on VCFED from our own Chuck Guzis saying there were 
two controller chips in the 1542CF (national and broken Intel) and I discovered 
I had a broken Intel one.

I may have cussed.

Typically all the AHA-1522s are in the US, sigh.

Cheers,

—
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards
w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk t: @binarydinosaurs
f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs

Re: New TestFDC Results Registry

[Jason T via cctalk]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 9:46 AM, systems_glitch via cctalk
 wrote:
> I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since
> apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry into
> my site:
>
> https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results

Thank you for doing this!  It's a valuable resource for us
disk-imagers and really needed an update. Maybe we can find other
"full pass" cards and I can stop hoarding Adaptec 1522s :)

-j

New TestFDC Results Registry

[systems_glitch via cctalk]

I'd been trying to reach Dave Dunfield with new TestFDC results since
apparently August with no results. So, I wrote a new TestFDC registry into
my site:

https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results

This registry currently includes Dave's last registry update from 2007.
There's now a form for entering your results, you can find it as a link
from the registry, or here:

https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/testfdc_results/new

Result submissions have to be manually approved currently so that the
registry doesn't get spammed. Text export forthcoming. Any suggestions
welcome!

Moderators, if someone wants to sticky this (here or in other forums), I
think this would be a valuable resource for anyone wanting to use ImageDisk
on non-PC formats.

Thanks,
Jonathan