29 Apr
2013
29 Apr
'13
7:29 p.m.
>A further tip: when writing new floppies with IMD
(to generate original
Kaypro bundled
>software for example), I found it easiest to Format
the floppy under
22DISK first, as it
>knows the correct settings for a Kaypro floppy,
then use IMD to write to
the formatted
>floppy. Doing this meant the only setting I had to
set on IMD is the
Double Step (as I
>have a 1.2MB (80 track) drive, not a 360KB (40
track) drive.
Makes no sense. IMD knows the exact format of the
particular disk that it
is writing
as this was determined at the time it was read, and is
represented in the
metadata
of the IMD file - it also formats the disk as it writes
it, removing any
previous formatting.
And ... if he's writing on a 1.2M drive (presumed
in a HD controller) , he
WILL need to
set a 250->300kbps translation in addition to
double-stepping in order to
write the disks.
Philip Avery is coming to see me this weekend. I'll ask him what prompted
him to write that.
Terry (Tez)