Re: ZoomFloppy - formatting a disk in a 2031 disk drive

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:45:14 -0400
Message-ID: <CAALmim=_7vRdz6VUdTBfUBJwYxTL_MF1Kv+=PWfU-G1os0sgTg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Spiro Trikaliotis
<ml-cbmhackers@trikaliotis.net> wrote:
>> I have now tested and my 2031 can read a 1541-formatted disk (from another drive) just fine.

That's how I use my ZoomFloppy.  The 2031 is normally attached to a
PET and I have a dedicated 1541 for my ZF.  I remember having
communications difficulties with my ZF on an Ubuntu laptop.  Haven't
tried it in a few years.  Should see where things are now.  I have
zero problems with my ZF and Linux and my 1541.

>> d64copy won’t work...
>
> That's expected. d64copy does not know anything about a 2031.

Sure.  Would love to see it working, though.

> That's a really big pity, as the 2031 is the drive that is most similar
> to a 1540/1541, and it should be relativly easy to get it working.

I would think it shouldn't be too far different.  Same DOS, etc., just
a different physical interface.

> Unfortunately, I never owned one.

I have one.  Been using it for many years with real PETs.  More
portable than a 4040.

>> cbmctrl doesn’t seem to like the 2031 too much; it doesn’t
>> recognise it (cbmctrl detect -> 8: *unknown*, footprint=<DBDC>)
>
> That's interesting. I would have expected a footprint of FFFF, at least
> according to the ROM I have.
>
> The footprint is the contents at $FF40, and in the only ROM dump I have
> of a 2031, this is AAAA - identical to a 1540, and I would have expected
> cbmctrl to detect it as a 1540.
>
> Can you please try if you can dump the ROM and send it to me?
>
> $ cbmctrl download 8 0xc000 0x4000 rom2031.dump

I can try this too.

> Can you read out the (physical) marking of the ROM chips, too? It is
> written on top of the ROM chips. The only ones I know are 901484-03 (for
> $C000-$DFFF) and 901484-05 (for $E000-$FFFF).

Those are the ones on zimmers.net (and are likely the only ones ever
released).  I can check mine to be sure.

-ethan

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