http://m1web.de/ADTWin/
With many new PC's not having floppy drives any more, and it being relatively easy to add a parallel port, would it be possible to create a dsk version. Of this tool to use the same setup with CPC discs?
Bitbashing a floppy drive via the parallel port? That's grotesque :laugh:
USB parallel port adapters also generally don't work for this sort of abuse.
No, Indeed, but both PCI and pcie parallel cards are a: cheap and b: reported to work.
If this can be modified to support the dsk format we might have an alternative to a kryodisk or catweasel 4 to add a floppy controller.
Quote from: pelrun on 13:19, 09 October 15
Bitbashing a floppy drive via the parallel port? That's grotesque [emoji23]
USB parallel port adapters also generally don't work for this sort of abuse.
I love the line....
"Note, that the parallel port is actually not intended to be operated as a disk drive controller"
No shit sherlock!
Quote from: CraigsBar on 13:35, 09 October 15
I love the line....
"Note, that the parallel port is actually not intended to be operated as a disk drive controller"
No shit sherlock!
Although "not intended", iomega used the parallel port quite successfully for their ZipDrives.
Bryce.
Quote from: Bryce on 13:53, 09 October 15
Although "not intended", iomega used the parallel port quite successfully for their ZipDrives.
Bryce.
Oh yeah, even with a pass through I'd I recall correctly. I only had SCSI, ide and USB zip100's so forgot about those.
Intended? You humans do think in such a variety of strange, unlogical and just weired categories.
We as machines understand the 0 and the 1. Any connection is welcome. :)
Heheheh.
Why not? If it works - then it works! :)
Indeed, are you volunteering to look at the source and see if it can be modded? ;)
Quote from: Bryce on 13:53, 09 October 15
Although "not intended", iomega used the parallel port quite successfully for their ZipDrives.
Bryce.
It's possible they used IEEE-1284 or similar.
IEEE 1284 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1284)
But I do believe the writing Amiga drives over a parallel port on a PC doesn't follow any nice specs and they really are hitting the parallel port.
You may need to configure the parallel port to ECP/EEP or similar in the BIOS to get multi-directional data on the parallel port.
I had a parallel port ATA based harddrive that used IEEE-1284. It was made by Shuttle and had a seperate enclosure. It was a bit slow. I now use it to power my CPC ;)
Quote from: CraigsBar on 17:20, 09 October 15
Indeed, are you volunteering to look at the source and see if it can be modded? ;)
Sorry - me only speaking Z80 and ATMega16. :-X
Quote from: CraigsBar on 13:27, 09 October 15
If this can be modified to support the dsk format we might have an alternative to a kryodisk or catweasel 4 to add a floppy controller.
Oddly enough, it's actually possible to use a Gotek connected to a CPC to directly read/write a disc in the A: drive, with a few minor mods to the Gotek and the right software...
Quote from: CraigsBar on 10:49, 09 October 15
http://m1web.de/ADTWin/
With many new PC's not having floppy drives any more, and it being relatively easy to add a parallel port, would it be possible to create a dsk version. Of this tool to use the same setup with CPC discs?
Well the drive and cable works perfectly for writing Amiga adf files to floppies. I still hope someone with the required skills here might consider looking at the source for the app to see if adding support for dsk is possible. If so we'd have a new platform for getting games to our cpcs.