scp is scp greaseweazels are cheap :) i can send you one if you need
On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM Brian K. White <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh I'm in NJ usa, probably not worth the mail. > > I am game for what Greg said, trying to write a greaseweazel image > (which you can just email) to a real disk and then see if I can read > that disk in a real drive. > > I've used fluxengine but never used a greaseweasel so I just assume that > it can write an image back to a disk. I think fluxengine can not, at > least for this kind of disk. I have been wanting to get one of these > recent version greaseweasels for a while anyway. > > -- > bkw > > On 3/20/25 19:21, James Reed wrote: > > Hi > > > > Thanks Brian > > > > I did try imaging my disk with fluxengine ages ago and it did seem to > > work, I could see bits of filenames etc in it but I don't really have > > the smarts to decode it all myself. > > > > Thanks for the offer to read the disk - I wouldn't mind sending it > > because I can probably image / copy it with the Greaseweazle. Where are > > you based? I'm in the UK > > > > Thanks > > > > James > > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 at 13:32, Brian K. White <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 3/20/25 08:00, James Reed wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Now I have the serial port working I'm wanting to move on to some > > new > > > challenges. > > > > > > I had a Tandy 102 and TPDD (I think v1) many years ago, and I > > wrote a > > > few programs that I'd like to get access to. I still have the > > > floppy disk and now a Tandy 102 but I don't have the TPDD. > > > > > > I have a Greaseweazle and can make an image of the disk, but what > I > > > can't work out is how I can make use of this. All the utilities > I've > > > looked at seem to need you to have the actual hardware to read or > > write > > > images, and I can't see any utilities which can extract the > > actual files. > > > > > > I'd be grateful for any pointers or if anyone can suggest > anything. > > > > > > James > > > > fluxengine has support for it, and can use the greaseweazel hardware. > > I have not tested it. > > > > https://cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/disk-fb100.html <https:// > > cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/disk-fb100.html> > > > > This will only get you raw sectors not files, but the disk format is > > well documented in the software manual, and there are only 40 tracks > on > > the whole disk, so, you can piece the files back together manually. > > > > http://tandy.wiki/TPDD#Documentation <http://tandy.wiki/ > > TPDD#Documentation> > > > > https://archive.org/details/tandy-service-manual-26-3808-s-software- > > manual-for-portable-disk-drive/page/n5/mode/2up <https:// > > archive.org/details/tandy-service-manual-26-3808-s-software-manual- > > for-portable-disk-drive/page/n5/mode/2up> > > > > It won't be exactly trivial, but I think there are no secrets making > it > > impossible. > > > > If you want to risk snail-mailing it, I'll just read it in a real > drive > > if you want. > > > > -- > > bkw > > > > > -- > bkw >
