10 Feb
2014
10 Feb
'14
10:51 p.m.
Greetings,
I am attempting to cobble together a system and non-system device driver
for OS/8 to allow me to use my new OS/8 DiskServer utility with my -8/M and
its Xebec floppy drives.
I have quite a bit of documentation on these drives (that will eventually
get pushed to bitsavers, if I find more time) but unfortunately, I'm
lacking in software.
Lack of handlers is okay. The instruction manual gives some programming
examples, which is enough to get me started. But it also cites a test
program which is supposed to be run to initialize any new disk.
From the book:
Test 1: Format Sectors
Function: To format a new disk or prepare a disk for a series of diagnostic
tests. There is no prerequisite for Test 1 which is normally the first test
to be run int he diagnostic sequence.
Test Procedure: