21 Oct
2007
21 Oct
'07
9:14 a.m.
On 21 Oct 2007 at 11:21, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Now at the moment this isn't a huge problem,
because I've got working
formatter disks for the Mirage - you boot up the appropriate disk, stick
a blank in, and it will format it. However, to write to the disk you
need to have a format on it in the first place, so you can't write a
formatter disk without having a formatted disk... Chicken and egg.
It can be done with ordinary PC hardware--there are just a few tricks
that need to be employed. Think IBM XDF disks (which could be copied
on a standard PC using the right software).
Or use a WD17xx controller to do it.
Cheers,
Chuck