[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 5/23/23 14:10, geneb wrote: Yep - Teensy 3.5 boards are basically unobtainium at this point - the designer is working towards an update that will use the Teensy 4.x The 4.x doesn't have 5V tolerant GPIO, which means that he'll need level

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/23/23 14:10, geneb wrote: > Yep - Teensy 3.5 boards are basically unobtainium at this point - the > designer is working towards an update that will use the Teensy 4.x The 4.x doesn't have 5V tolerant GPIO, which means that he'll need level-shifters. I note that STM32H7750vbt6 ARM7 dev boa

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread js--- via cctalk
On 5/23/2023 5:27 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: Tony, You are extraordinarily tedious. Sellam He's also very funny, if you like dry British humor )

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
Tony, You are extraordinarily tedious. Sellam On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 2:52 AM Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 2:14 PM Liam Proven via cctalk > wrote: > > > > > > And > > > of course it has to have the right type of disk controller, I > > > certainly need to be able to h

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 5/23/23 09:57, geneb via cctalk wrote: The AppleSauce can both image and write hard-sectored images. These Northstar images were created with it: http://annex.retroarchive.org/disks/northstar/ It's the best imaging tool out there. On th

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/23/23 09:57, geneb via cctalk wrote: > > The AppleSauce can both image and write hard-sectored images. > These Northstar images were created with it: > http://annex.retroarchive.org/disks/northstar/ > > It's the best imaging tool out there. On their website, the product is sold out. I req

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread geneb via cctalk
On Tue, 23 May 2023, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 5:25 PM j...@cimmeri.com wrote: On 5/22/2023 5:38 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: I hereby formally retract my erroneous suggestion of a "386 98,SP2 desktop with floppies and USB", and replace my suggestion with: "a P

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 5/23/23 02:41, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > [1] Actually, do any such devices handle hard-sector disks? There > seems to be no technical reason why not, but I've never seen it listed > as a capability. But as just about all my machines use soft-sectored > disks this is not really an issue. D

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 23, 2023, at 5:41 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 5:25 PM j...@cimmeri.com wrote: >> >> On 5/22/2023 5:38 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > I hereby formally retract my erroneous suggestion of a "386 98,SP2 desktop > with floppies and USB", a

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
On 5/22/2023 11:53 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: I learned a long time ago that it's a waste of time to trying to help someone who, instead of focusing on solutions, just comes up with endless reasons why your suggestions won't work. We used to call this "Asks for advice, argues with re

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 2:14 PM Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > > And > > of course it has to have the right type of disk controller, I > > certainly need to be able to handle single-density (FM) reading and > > writing correctly. Some machines can, some can't. I am hardly going to > > be able

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 5:25 PM j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > > On 5/22/2023 5:38 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > >>> I hereby formally retract my erroneous suggestion of a "386 98,SP2 desktop > >>> with floppies and USB", and replace my suggestion with: > >>> "a PC with USB and floppies", and let

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 09:01:58AM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 5/19/23 04:36, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, 18 May 2023 at 20:10, Fred Cisin via cctalk > > wrote: > >> > >> a 386 desktop running Win98SE (first version to support USB) > > > > Hang on a minute. > > > > [1