12 Jan
2023
12 Jan
'23
1:29 a.m.
On 12/01/2023 00:58, hush(a)dec.dog via cctalk wrote:
hello cctalk! i have been working for the past few
days on a DECmate II with what i believe to be an ailing RX50. i have a gotek with updated
flashfloppy firmware, but for some strange reason i have been completely unable to get the
DMII to boot a floppy image from it.
i have been trying to convert the OS/278 and WPS images on the dbit and ibiblio archives
into a working format for the gotek but none of them will work. at this point i have tried
too many conversions to recall but they all result in the same blinking floppy icon when
the unit boots. i have “host = dec” in my FF.CFG per the wiki.
has anyone else been able to get this working? if so, could you please provide known-good
images for a gotek, or the steps to generate them?
I've used a Gotek (semi-successfully) with the DEC Rainbow using raw
image files and the following lines in ff.cfg:
host = dec
pin02 = low
pin34 = rdy
The image file format should not be important though you may run into
problems with sector ordering depending on how the source image was
created. It was the pin02 and pin34 lines that got it working for the
Rainbow.
Matt