Re: Zoomfloppy and IEEE drive issues

From: André Fachat <afachat_at_gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 21:16:36 +0200
Message-ID: <17469ffa238.27ff.b4d1f2b66006003a6acd9b1a7b71c3b1_at_gmx.de>
Am 7. September 2020 19:50:55 schrieb vtgearhead <snhirsch_at_gmail.com>:

> I'm able to use my Zoomfloppy to write D80 or D82 images to an SFD1001, but
> am having no luck at all producing diskettes for a CBM 4040 drive.  The 4040
> drive itself does not seem to be cooperating.  Some commands will cause the
> motor to start on the drive, but I cannot seem to read, write or format
> diskettes in it.

Does the drive work on a PET?

> Next, I tried producing a compatible diskette on a 1571,
> but that doesn't seem to work either.  If I use 'imgcopy' it will go through
> the motions of writing a D64 file, but eventually complains that the
> diskette is out of space and dies.  The resulting disk shows a corrupted
> directory on the 4040.  Is it possible to write 4040 diskettes on a 1571?
> If not, how can I get the 4040 to cooperate with Zoomfloppy?

Don't know about imgcopy, but the 4040 diskettes are compatible with 1541
(probably better Don't cross-write , look for write gap for why)

André

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