12 Mar
2003
12 Mar
'03
4:24 a.m.
On 10 March 2003 10:20 am, Witchy wrote:
The only way of doing data transfer
from machine to
machine is serially, and remember the serial port on the OPD is for a
printer only so is uni-directional.
Actually, I may be able to transfer via floppy disk, as I have an OPD
disk interface (How cool is that? I even have the manuals!) - it plugs
into the ROM pack. The one unknown at this time is what format the
floppy is written in; but since it at least takes the same drives as the
QL, it should be possible to read one way or another. Unlike Commodore's
damn GCR format.
Cheers,
Ade.
12 Mar
12 Mar
12:23 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Adrian Vickers wrote:
Actually, I may be able to transfer via floppy disk,
as I have an OPD
disk interface (How cool is that? I even have the manuals!) - it plugs
into the ROM pack. The one unknown at this time is what format the
floppy is written in; but since it at least takes the same drives as the
QL, it should be possible to read one way or another. Unlike Commodore's
damn GCR format.
Using the same DRIVES does NOT make it possible.
The DISK CONTROLLER is the key element.
For example, with Tandon TM100-2 drives and different disk controllers,
I can do Northstar hard sector, Apple GCR, Commodore GCR, FM "Single
density", and MFM double density.
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XenoSoft http://www.xenosoft.com
13 Mar
13 Mar
2:49 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Adrian Vickers
Sent: 12 March 2003 10:27
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto
Actually, I may be able to transfer via floppy disk, as I have an OPD
disk interface (How cool is that? I even have the manuals!) - it plugs
into the ROM pack. The one unknown at this time is what format the
floppy is written in; but since it at least takes the same drives as the
QL, it should be possible to read one way or another. Unlike Commodore's
damn GCR format.
Hehe, given the rest of the OPD stuff I'd be VERY surprised if the floppy
format is compatible :)
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adrian/witchy
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14 Mar
14 Mar
6:01 a.m.
At 00:03 13/03/2003, Witchy wrote:
And you'd be right :(
Still, I've yet to get the sector editor out on it to see if it's possible
to drag the raw data off the disk. One can but hope...
--
Cheers, Ade.
Be where it's at, B-Racing!
http://b-racing.com
Actually, I
may be able to transfer via floppy disk, as I have an OPD
disk interface (How cool is that? I even have the manuals!) - it plugs
into the ROM pack. The one unknown at this time is what format the
floppy is written in; but since it at least takes the same drives as the
QL, it should be possible to read one way or another. Unlike Commodore's
damn GCR format.
Hehe, given the rest of the OPD stuff I'd be VERY surprised if the floppy
format is compatible :)
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