CWVG
Jay Jaeger
cube1 at charter.net
Thu Aug 26 14:51:36 CDT 2021
On 8/25/2021 5:58 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2021, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote:
>
> As a few of the signals on the 34-pin connector are different than
> the Shugart layout, I'm considering making up a custom cable and
> connecting it to my Catweasel MK4+. I have a utility from Andrew Lynch
> called "cwns", which is a modified version of "cw2dmk" to read Northstar
> hard-sector (10 SPT) diskettes. I might be able to modify that to read
> the VG 16 SPT diskettes, if the 1043-2 will work with the Catweasel.
>
It will not - but it has nothing to do with the cabling. I already
tried with my catweasel. I was able to read flux, but between the hard
sectoring and (possibly) different meta markers for the floppy sectors,
the .scp file is useless. I just got my Cypress board for a fluxengine
in the mail yesterday, but haven't set it up yet - maybe tomorrow. The
website for fluxengine indicates it ought to work.
> It's been pointed out that I could write something for the Vector 1
> to read diskettes and transfer the contents out the serial port. I'd
> rather attack it from the point of my media imaging system, and there is
> a literal shoebox full of diskettes to image.
>
That was what I did back years ago.
>
> Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
> Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
JRJ
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