On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
I have one of
these. Does anyone know how it's hooked up?
Anybody got the S/W for this thing? Supposedly, you can
write any format on the planet with this thing. I've
Nope, only softsector formats that used standard address marks. That
leaves out apple, some CBM, Most heath H89 and all northstar systems
at least.
The last version - to my knowledge - the Deluxe Option Card claimed that
it can copy the following "three basic types:
MFM example: IBM PX, Kaypro, Amiga
FM example: Atari
GCR example: Apple, Macintosh, Commodore
...The TC software may not be able to copy all protected Apple and
Atari disks, however. It also can't copy the back side of "flippy"
diskettes. It should be noted that not all IBM drives are capable of
reliably reading and writing GCR formats (Apple disks)."
- don
heard that it
won't run i faster, newer machines. Does
anyone know what the limitations are?
The board is slow, make sure the ISA bus transactions are set up to not
exceed 8mhz and also there should be IO waits. Bet best is to find and
use an old 386 or 486.
Allison