Re: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-24 Thread Graeme Gregory
On Mon, 23 May 2016, at 09:08 PM, Colin Piggot wrote: > As they are standard 34-pin floppy devices they do still need a > controller board to work with the SAM Coupe. > > I’ve build a few customised versions of my disk drive controller board > with longer cables to accommodate these in the past

RE: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread Colin Piggot
sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Rich Mellor (RWAP) Sent: 23 May 2016 20:11 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: RE: Floppy disk drive error You could probably also consider switching to a HxC Floppy emulator (that has been shown to work with the Sam Coupe), or the cheaper Gotek drive (or

RE: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread Rich Mellor (RWAP)
You could probably also consider switching to a HxC Floppy emulator (that has been shown to work with the Sam Coupe), or the cheaper Gotek drive (or clone such as the flopper interface - http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/10973 Just a different way of accessing software... Rich

RE: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread Colin Piggot
Always worth bearing in mind that the Citizen disk drives used by MGT/SAMCo were made around 1989-1991 or thereabouts, they were discontinued very early in SAM’s life so are getting on for over 25 years old! The belts will be perishing quite a bit and becoming slack, unfortunately I’ve not been

Re: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread Frode Tennebø
Benvenuto Paolo, On 23 May 2016 at 08:53, Paolo Borzini wrote: > Hello, > I've a problem with the floppy drive of my sam coupe. > Typing BOOT or some other command for disk gives me this error "55 Missing > disk, 0: 1". > But on manual the errors list ranging from 1 to

RE: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread stefan_schomb...@agilent.com
Is it the original Citizen drive? If so, I wouldn´t be surprised at all by a worn out/torn belt. Stefan From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of david brant Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 12:34 PM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Floppy disk drive

Re: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread david brant
The Drive belt could be worn out. David On 23 May 2016, at 10:28, Paolo Borzini wrote: > Yes, > the drive heads are cleaned. > > Any other hints? > > Paolo > > Il 23/05/16 09:32, Rich Mellor ha scritto: >> On 23/05/2016 07:53, Paolo Borzini wrote: >>> Hello, >>>

Re: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread Paolo Borzini
Yes, the drive heads are cleaned. Any other hints? Paolo Il 23/05/16 09:32, Rich Mellor ha scritto: On 23/05/2016 07:53, Paolo Borzini wrote: Hello, I've a problem with the floppy drive of my sam coupe. Typing BOOT or some other command for disk gives me this error "55 Missing disk, 0: 1".

Re: Floppy disk drive error

2016-05-23 Thread Rich Mellor
On 23/05/2016 07:53, Paolo Borzini wrote: Hello, I've a problem with the floppy drive of my sam coupe. Typing BOOT or some other command for disk gives me this error "55 Missing disk, 0: 1". But on manual the errors list ranging from 1 to 54. I've checked the floppy drive and is well