Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-11 Thread Rich Mellor
On 09/10/2011 19:38, Norman Dunbar wrote: Evening Rich, OK, so that appears to give an updated program: I think that will indeed work. By the way, my Wiki has full (I hope) details of the QL5A and QL5B Floppy format on this http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/doku.php?id=qdosmsq:fs:dsdd> Might

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Evening Rich, OK, so that appears to give an updated program: I think that will indeed work. By the way, my Wiki has full (I hope) details of the QL5A and QL5B Floppy format on this http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/doku.php?id=qdosmsq:fs:dsdd> Might be useful? Ok, I admit, the ED stuff is cu

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Rich Mellor
On 09/10/2011 14:55, Norman Dunbar wrote: Hi Rich, this is from my old qformat utility which quickly reformats a disc by writing a "blank" map to the disc. The following is the ED details: /*--* * DS/ED MAP* *

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Memory Lane Computing Ltd
troke. Adrian www.memorylanecomputing.com > -Original Message- > From: ql-users-boun...@lists.q-v-d.com [mailto:ql-users-bounces@lists.q-v- > d.com] On Behalf Of Norman Dunbar > Sent: 09 October 2011 14:56 > To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Making

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Memory Lane Computing Ltd
.@q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive > > Op Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:32:24 +0200 schreef Memory Lane Computing Ltd > : > > In the CONQUEROR GOLD manual they say: > "ED disks are not directly supported as no clear PC standard exits for

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Norman Dunbar
Hi Rich, this is from my old qformat utility which quickly reformats a disc by writing a "blank" map to the disc. The following is the ED details: /*--* * DS/ED MAP* *

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:32:24 +0200 schreef Memory Lane Computing Ltd : There's a confusion between sector and cluster here. ED disks really _are_ 36 physical sectors per track. That's in the IBM spec. They should only format to 5760 physical sectors, but possibly Miracle formatted tracks bey

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Memory Lane Computing Ltd
@q-v-d.com > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive > > Op Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:15:34 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor > : > > > I am trying desparately to get the ED disk drive image working with > > the HxC floppy disk drive emulator. > > > > The

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-09 Thread Bob Spelten
Op Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:15:34 +0200 schreef Rich Mellor : I am trying desparately to get the ED disk drive image working with the HxC floppy disk drive emulator. The ED disk drive parameters are 80 tracks 2 sides 10 sectors per track sector is 2048 bytes My BASIC code to create a copy of a

Re: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-08 Thread Memory Lane Computing Ltd
-users-bounces@lists.q-v- > d.com] On Behalf Of Rich Mellor > Sent: 08 October 2011 11:16 > To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com > Subject: [Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive > > I am trying desparately to get the ED disk drive image working with the HxC > floppy disk drive emulator

[Ql-Users] Making an image of an ED Disk Drive

2011-10-08 Thread Rich Mellor
I am trying desparately to get the ED disk drive image working with the HxC floppy disk drive emulator. The ED disk drive parameters are 80 tracks 2 sides 10 sectors per track sector is 2048 bytes My BASIC code to create a copy of a disk appears below: 100 OPEN_IN #3,'flp2_*D4e' 105 OPEN_NEW #