Damn that's great! That was an interesting tactic. On May 30, 2016 4:15 AM, "Gary Hammond" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you are trying to work out the command structure, it might help to know > that when the disk is being written, the backup utility shows it is writing > from track 13 to track 0. > > > > *From:* M100 [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Gary > Hammond > *Sent:* Monday, 30 May 2016 8:11 PM > *To:* 'Model 100 Discussion' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [M100] Comms capture of TPDD2 boot disk creation > > > > Hi All, > > I have captured the communications between the Model 100 and the TPDD2 > during the creation of a TPDD2 boot disk. > > The capture file is at > http://trs80stuff.net/tpdd/tpdd2-boot-disk-create.txt > > Com5 is Model 100 -> TPDD2 > > Com6 is TPDD2 -> Model 100 > > Time stamps are accurate as they are recorded on the same PC. > > The capture is the writing to the TPDD2. The reading of the original boot > disk process is not required as the necessary data to write a new disk is > in the capture. If we can convert it to code (a project for when I am a > little less busy), it will need to be assumed that the disk has already > been formatted. > > As the sequencing and timing is all in place, the right sort of Python > script could read the capture file directly and generate the appropriate > commands/data and know what to expect back from the TPDD2 and in what time > frames. > > Enjoy! > > > > Ps. Maybe this could be hosted somewhere on the bitchin100 wiki? >
