Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-19 Thread Peter Cetinski
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Peter Cetinski wrote: > > Yes, I'm currently in the process of getting the DREM working with a Tandy > 6000 and Xenix. I can format and I can do MFM reads but I am currently > having an issue with CRC checks during writes which are failing for the > Tandy's WD

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-19 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
> On Oct 18, 2016, at 5:27 PM, David Gesswein wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 01:38:19PM -0700, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: >> >> Yes, that?s me but I have had issues with the emulator starting up >> reliably so that the 3174 boots. >> > I haven't had any recent reports of this problem. If you

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-19 Thread David Gesswein
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 02:32:31PM -0400, Mike Stein wrote: > No experience myself, but FWIW several Cromemco owners have used David's > unit successfully with Cromemco's non-standard whole-track-at-a-time > controller and have said good things about his willingness to work > with non-standard f

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-19 Thread David Gesswein
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 01:38:19PM -0700, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: > > Yes, that?s me but I have had issues with the emulator starting up > reliably so that the 3174 boots. > I haven't had any recent reports of this problem. If you wish assistance with it let me know.

Re: IBM 4331 [Was: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM]

2016-10-17 Thread jim stephens
On 10/17/2016 3:29 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: Oh and di A friend @ UMSL worked when they had 2 4341s there. All of the campus workload had moved to UMC (Columbia) from St. Louis, so they were idle for 2 or 3 years. he had them as PC's They were sta

Re: IBM 4331 [Was: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM]

2016-10-17 Thread Ethan Dicks
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: >> Oh and did I mention that I?ve acquired (just need to move it) an IBM 4331 >> mainframe including *all* of the peripherals (3340 disk drives + lots of >> packs, 1403 printer, IBM tape drives, card reader/punch, 029 keypunch, >> manuals, terminals, e

Re: IBM 4331 [Was: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM]

2016-10-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Jason Howe wrote: > > > > On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: >> >> Oh and did I mention that I?ve acquired (just need to move it) an IBM 4331 >> mainframe including *all* of the peripherals (3340 disk drives + lots of >> packs, 1403 printer, IBM tape

Re: IBM 4331 [Was: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM]

2016-10-17 Thread Jason Howe
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: Oh and did I mention that I?ve acquired (just need to move it) an IBM 4331 mainframe including *all* of the peripherals (3340 disk drives + lots of packs, 1403 printer, IBM tape drives, card reader/punch, 029 keypunch, manuals, terminals, etc, et

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy >> Sotomayor Jr >> Sent: 17 October 2016 21:38 >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topi

RE: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Dave Wade
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy > Sotomayor Jr > Sent: 17 October 2016 21:38 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM > > > >

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Dave Wade wrote: > >>> >>> I’ll likely be getting at least 3 of them (1 for the IBM 3174 and 2 >>> for my Symbolics 3640 and possible another 2 for my other Symbolics 3640). >>> > > I gather that some one has the Dave Gershwin board working with a 3174. Was > t

RE: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Dave Wade
> > > > I’ll likely be getting at least 3 of them (1 for the IBM 3174 and 2 > > for my Symbolics 3640 and possible another 2 for my other Symbolics 3640). > > I gather that some one has the Dave Gershwin board working with a 3174. Was that you. You also need 2.88 format for the 3174 floppies. Any

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Plamen Mihaylov
pic Posts" < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 1:48 PM > Subject: Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM > > > Does anybody here have experience with both the DREM and David Gesswein's > MFM emulator? I'm wondering how they compare. I h

RE: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. > Blair > Sent: 17 October 2016 18:49 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM > > Does anybody her

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Mark J. Blair" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 1:48 PM Subject: Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM Does anybody here have experience with both the DREM and David Gesswein's MFM

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On 10/17/2016 12:21 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: On Oct 17, 2016, at 9:58 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: On 10/17/2016 11:18 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ ? Yes, I'm curr

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread geneb
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Jason Howe wrote: Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ The device may be great, but their website is a script-laden dumpster fire. According to Lynx it has no non-script text to even render. Firefox with NoScript enabled renders a blank pa

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Mark J. Blair
Does anybody here have experience with both the DREM and David Gesswein's MFM emulator? I'm wondering how they compare. I have one of David's emulators. I have only played with it a bit, but I have been pleased with it so far. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Jason Howe
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, geneb wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Peter Cetinski wrote: On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ The device may be great, but their website is a script-laden dumpster fire. According

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Josh Dersch wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr > wrote: > >> >>> On Oct 17, 2016, at 9:58 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/17/2016 11:18 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: > On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stieble

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Josh Dersch
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: > > > On Oct 17, 2016, at 9:58 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > > > > > > > > On 10/17/2016 11:18 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: > >>> On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> anybody has any experience with

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 9:58 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > > > > On 10/17/2016 11:18 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: >>> On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> anybody has any experience with that: >>> >>> http://www.drem.info/ >>> >>> ? >> Yes, I'm currently in t

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread j...@cimmeri.com
On 10/17/2016 11:18 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ ? Yes, I'm currently in the process of getting the DREM working with a Tandy 6000 and Xenix. ... About $250? Wish i

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread geneb
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016, Peter Cetinski wrote: On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ The device may be great, but their website is a script-laden dumpster fire. According to Lynx it has no non-script text to

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Peter Cetinski
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote: > > Hi all, > anybody has any experience with that: > > http://www.drem.info/ > > ? Yes, I'm currently in the process of getting the DREM working with a Tandy 6000 and Xenix. I can format and I can do MFM reads but I am currently havin

Re: MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Oct 17, 2016, at 08:58, emanuel stiebler wrote: > > Hi all, > anybody has any experience with that: > > http://www.drem.info/ There's a very recent thread at VCF about using one with a Tandy model 6000: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?54511-Tandy-6000-HD-with-DREM-HD-Emulator

MFM floppy and HD emulator DREM

2016-10-17 Thread emanuel stiebler
Hi all, anybody has any experience with that: http://www.drem.info/ ?