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#11
Just so you know, the FDC doesn't seem to read disks protected with LATIS.
#12
Technical support - Hardware related / Re: ROMBO ROMBOX - MF2 -512K R...
Last post by Audronic - Today at 00:21OOps it did not load the Photo
#13
Technical support - Hardware related / Re: ROMBO ROMBOX - MF2 -512K R...
Last post by Audronic - Today at 00:20@DR400
Hi Robin
My tests were done with a LowerRom Board
which plugs in the expansion bus
Or :-"An other board "DiagRom" is designed by SerErris
check out cpcwiki forum message msg224409
It probably is worth making up one of these as they work Well.
Keep Safe
Ray
Hi Robin
My tests were done with a LowerRom Board
which plugs in the expansion bus
Or :-"An other board "DiagRom" is designed by SerErris
check out cpcwiki forum message msg224409
It probably is worth making up one of these as they work Well.
Keep Safe
Ray
#14
NC100, NC200, PCW, PDA600 - the rest of the Family! / Re: SymbOS on NC200?
Last post by pollito - Yesterday at 22:54Quick update - my PCMCIA reader card arrived but it wasn't PCI-e at all, it was PCI, and I didn't have any PCs that could take full height PCI cards. Eventually one of my friends was throwing out an old PC that had PCI slots, so I rebuilt it, and installed FreeBSD (my weapon of choice).
Unfortunately, FreeBSD dropped PCMCIA support after version 12 (current version is 14). I then installed NetBSD in its place. It reads a CF card in a PCMCIA adaptor fine, but whenever I insert either of my Apple Newton PCMCIA cards (with the batteries) I get pcmcia0: card appears to have a bogus CIS and there is no device to mount.
I installed a second hard drive in the machine and, after a lot of battling, managed to install Windows XP. Again, the CF card in the PCMCIA adaptor works fine, but both of my PCMCIA cards show up in Device Manager as PCMCIA UNKNOWN_MANUFACTURER. I've tried Snappy Driver Installer but it can't find a driver.
So I'm a bit stuck now. I never thought it would be so difficult to write an image to a card! Any ideas?
Unfortunately, FreeBSD dropped PCMCIA support after version 12 (current version is 14). I then installed NetBSD in its place. It reads a CF card in a PCMCIA adaptor fine, but whenever I insert either of my Apple Newton PCMCIA cards (with the batteries) I get pcmcia0: card appears to have a bogus CIS and there is no device to mount.
I installed a second hard drive in the machine and, after a lot of battling, managed to install Windows XP. Again, the CF card in the PCMCIA adaptor works fine, but both of my PCMCIA cards show up in Device Manager as PCMCIA UNKNOWN_MANUFACTURER. I've tried Snappy Driver Installer but it can't find a driver.
So I'm a bit stuck now. I never thought it would be so difficult to write an image to a card! Any ideas?
#15
No problem reading
it's perfectly normal having problem reading that DSK with 3" drive as CPC drive cannot read more than 42 track and is single side
as you said, in a real CPC your need a 3.5 drive, not the 3 inches
Quote from: CPCBEGIN on Yesterday at 21:41I think I find a bug:no problem reading your DSK with drive "Generic 3.5" or "Gotek" selected as drive A
ACE-DL doesn't run dsk with 57 track used, than runs in real CPC with 3.5" floppy drives or other emulators like Retro Virtual Machine.
Sample 57 track dsk.
it's perfectly normal having problem reading that DSK with 3" drive as CPC drive cannot read more than 42 track and is single side
as you said, in a real CPC your need a 3.5 drive, not the 3 inches
#16
Technical Support - Software related / Re: trying to copy Pinball Dre...
Last post by jbaudrand - Yesterday at 21:56I've got a xmem, but never used it because I never need it. After reading the manual, I'm not sure how to plug the card on X4 mother, is it correct on the pic?
And after that how do you connect it on the CPC? I mean the red ribbon cable is on the right like the external floppy disc? or on your left when you are facing the CPC? sorry if I look dumb, but I really don't want to destroy my cpc nor the card.
And after that how do you connect it on the CPC? I mean the red ribbon cable is on the right like the external floppy disc? or on your left when you are facing the CPC? sorry if I look dumb, but I really don't want to destroy my cpc nor the card.
#17
I think I find a bug:
ACE-DL doesn't run dsk with 57 track used, than runs in real CPC with 3.5" floppy drives or other emulators like Retro Virtual Machine.
Sample 57 track dsk.
ACE-DL doesn't run dsk with 57 track used, than runs in real CPC with 3.5" floppy drives or other emulators like Retro Virtual Machine.
Sample 57 track dsk.
#18
Hi @SkulleateR,
It's a solution, you can do that.
I send you a message in PM with another solution.
Have fun.
Regards
Sid
It's a solution, you can do that.
I send you a message in PM with another solution.
Have fun.
Regards
Sid
#19
What is the correct way to access real Floppy Drives with UniDOS ?
In the readme it says, real drives can be accessed with DFA: and DFB: but I cannot access them ...
Right now I'm using it with an Albireo SD, so everything is mapped to SD:
If I try a LOAD"DFA:TEST.BAS" it says Bad command
IDRIVE,"A","DFA:" also results in a Bad command
If I call Idrive I can see both physical drives are set to SD:
I can of course set the drives to any directory on the sd card, that's no problem but I need to access the real disk drives ... any hints ?
In the readme it says, real drives can be accessed with DFA: and DFB: but I cannot access them ...
Right now I'm using it with an Albireo SD, so everything is mapped to SD:
If I try a LOAD"DFA:TEST.BAS" it says Bad command
IDRIVE,"A","DFA:" also results in a Bad command
If I call Idrive I can see both physical drives are set to SD:
I can of course set the drives to any directory on the sd card, that's no problem but I need to access the real disk drives ... any hints ?
#20
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Technical support - Hardware related / Re: ROMBO ROMBOX - MF2 -512K R...
Last post by DR400 - Yesterday at 20:55Quote from: Audronic on 22:55, 08 December 23@DR400Hi Ray, I have used Noels diags with my Dandanator, but as no devices recognised on the faulty 6128 so need to go internal!, could I follow this guide ROM REPLACEMENT (by Bryce )and burn a copy of Noel's diag to see if anything is found?
Hi Robin
If you have Checked all of the main causes. Then :-
Do you have Noels Diag ?
Regards
Robin