16 Apr
2005
16 Apr
'05
4:42 a.m.
From: "Jay Jaeger" <cube1 at charter.net>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:58 PM
Hmm. I have here a Maynard "Sandstar"
controller with a NEC D765AC and
some special software called "JFORMAT-2" which has parameterized disk
tables. It handles 8" single density 3740, so it ought to be able to
handle this single density as well so I could format, yes?
(I also have a couple of real IBM PC's I can throw it into).
If so, then presumably I could format some disks (I have some disks I had
for my old Atari 800 that I expect would work), and get the rest from Mr.
Dunfield, yes? [I'd need to know where to download that stuff from...]
Jay
<snip>
Technically FM on 8" (250k) and FM on 5.25" (125k) are different but only in
transfer rate. If it handles 3740 as well as IBM 360K then it should handle
most CP/M and all CDOS formats.
The only real issues are either differences in different soft-sectored
controllers (Western Digital based chips have some formats that the 765
based chips can't handle but are rarely used) or the basic ability to handle
FM (as in 3740 format).
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com