On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:23 PM, william degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Francesco Messineo > <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I have a few gpib USB adapters, made following this project: >> http://www.dalton.ax/gpib/ >> I use them under linux and they show on the system as a serial >> interface (/dev/ttyACMx). >> So far I've used them to talk to various test instruments. Now I >> thought if maybe it's possible to control a real commodore IEEE disk >> drive (I have a 3040). >> Can anyone suggest a way to send simple test commands to the drive, >> like formatting a disk and requesting a directory? >> I could write small programs, but I've never studied the disk protocol >> enough to know what byte sequence (and what to wait for) I need to >> send to a drive. >> Anyone? >> Thanks in advance. >> Frank >> >> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > > > > Maybe if there is a way to capture what CBMTransfer is sending to the drive > you can mimic the same? The problem is that my 3032 is still split up in several parts (trying to find the time to repaint the case). So I'd rather test the 3040 with the gpib interface if I could or leave it alone until the 3032 is back in one piece. Frank Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-12-14 17:01:46
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