I finally got around to setting up my old 486 to create some disk images from Jeff's (TVDog's)website for the Tandy 1000 EX. (Thanks Jeff!) The disks I wanted...
can you tell me something about Teledisk, or other similar utilities. Ive been using WinImage, but it chokes on even DOS readable (BIOS readable?) diagnostic...
Hi Chris, I can't get into much detail as today was the first time I ever used it myself. It calls itself a disk fax program and it can create or re-create ...
Thanks for the information. When I'm making the images on my old 386, I find that I need to turn off the (Cyrix) processor cache to get Teledisk to work, so...
Jeff, I'm OK with Teledisk as it's in tune with that era of hardware and software. (XT ~ 486) Knowing the limitations and characteristics of any piece of...
Me personally...I don't see any reason in archiving those images in WinImage format, for one simple reason - you have to use that same type of media to dump...
... type ... I didn't use a proprietary Winimage format. I used raw sector dump format, which Winimage can read, though it isn't the only program you can use....
... I'm no expert, but the basics are simple more or less. What goes into these "professional" grade programs like Teledisk or WinImage - I can't really say....
... Basically it is simple; the floppy drive is treated like a bitstream and the data saved as a file. This works with standard DOS formats since the sectors...
the best way to create/write disk images is linux simple; 'dd if=/dev/fd0 of=image.img' to create image from floppy 'dd if=image.img of=/dev/fd0' to write...
... Hi all, ... EmtCopy diskette tools by Daniel F Valot: <http://dvalot.free.fr/emtcopy.htm> Features of GUI version: build diskette images write diskettes...
booted dos 5 on a 1000tx (720K 3 1/2 disk) and everything works fine... just one weird (really weird) problem... even tho it can read 720k floppies that are...
... From: "Samual Acorn" <sam.acorn@...> ... FORMAT /? FORMAT /HELP HELP FORMAT One should work. FORMAT /? Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS. FORMAT...
Hallo ... From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr@...> ... Why is that weird ? You are working on an XT-class computer. DOS has no way of knowing what drives...
... wrong ... format /? shows it as an option... ... youve gotta be kidding me.... (guess thats the reason ive always had better luck with 386+ machines...) ...
Hallo ... From: "Samual Acorn" <sam.acorn@...> ... Well, apparently it doesn't work... ... No. ... They are easier to configure... But doing things the...
...some of which may be redundant: you need a floppy controller or chip (onboard) that supports high density drives, and on xt-class machines, you could need a...
... There weren't any BIOS upgrades available for the Tandy 1000's that supported high-density drives, and a standard XT BIOS wouldn't work since it couldn't...
I realize there was no such rom upgrades for the 1000's. And you mean to tell me that even first generation 1K's have a custom disk controller chip??? I guess...
i didnt try reading the 360K 3 1/2 on a moderm machine but i have a funny feeling the only OS that would be able to do it would be linux... windows wont let me...
ooook... had so many replies with helpfull suggesstions i figured i would write a single message back rather than reply... 1st.. someone suggested getting the...
Actually the floppy drive control in the 1000 was ran by both the WD controller chip and the Tandy ASIC chip that handles the keyboard interface. If you...
who knows though. Since theyre elfctrically similar, maybe it would look like a 5.25 inch 360k disk. Thought it would be interesting to see. Someone ought to...
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