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+ | ====== Writing floppies with a directly attached IBM floppy drive ====== | ||
+ | ===== Foreword ===== | ||
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+ | * All floppy disk images, which you want to transfer, must be in XDF format. | ||
+ | * You can only convert 1.2MB floppy disk images and not the 1.4MB (2HS/2HQ) format. | ||
+ | * You can use [[http:// | ||
+ | * With [[http:// | ||
+ | * Clean the drive heads with isopropyl alcohol if the status of the drive is unknown. Some users reported that their 5.25" floppy drives required different jumper settings in order to work. | ||
+ | * You can get detailed info about various floppy drives and their jumper settings in the FTP's [[http:// | ||
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* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
- | OmniFlop requires a built-in NEC-compatible floppy disk controller. You can use the Diagnostic options of OmniFlop to see if this holds for your system. | + | OmniFlop requires a built-in |
- | Omniflop Install& | + | **Omniflop Install& |
- | - Install | + | - Install OmniFlop & OmniFDC |
- | - Once Drivers are installed open the omniflop program, go to Next | + | - Once Drivers are installed open the omniflop program |
- | - To format 5.25" select | + | - Select |
- | - Next windows show a list of compatible formats, you can select: | + | - The next windows |
- | 78/2/8x 1024 Sharp X68000 78-Track 1248Kb | + | |
- | - The format | + | * 77/2/8x 1024 Sharp X68000 77-Track 1232Kb |
+ | - The formatting | ||
- | Omniflop Write X68000 Disks: | + | **Omniflop Write X68000 Disks:** |
- | - Into Omniflop click in Write Disk | + | - Open Omniflop |
- | - Select Drive Unit and mantain selected | + | - Select Drive Unit and make sure that Autodetect format |
- | - In next window you can read: Select a format to write...ALL, | + | - In next window you can read: Select a format to write...ALL, |
- | - In file: you can select only .XDF files*NOTE*, below leave Standard disk image(*img) | + | - In file: you can select only .XDF files (You have to select "show all files" from bottom right window) |
- | - Click next and begin to Write .XDF disk image into Real 5.25" disk | + | - Click next and it will begin to Write .XDF disk image to 5.25" |
- | - After write process | + | - After write process |
- | The file is smaller than the disk - not all of the disk has been writen. | + | |
- | Apart from this, the operation completed OK | + | |
- | Probably | + | - You can ignore this message and press close. |
+ | - Alternatively, | ||
+ | **Using Virtual Floppy Image Converter: | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | Many image files you will find online are not .XDF format but in fact .DIM files. | ||
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===== Mac ===== | ===== Mac ===== | ||
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setfdprm /dev/fd0 -c | setfdprm /dev/fd0 -c | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====== Writing floppies with a USB Greaseweazle/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Greaseweazle or Fluxengine hardware can be used to format and write images to a floppy in one step. Besides XDF, there is also limited support for D88 and DIM floppy image support. Regardless of your hardware choice, you will need the Fluxengine software. | ||
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+ | ===== Writing 5.25" floppies ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | fluxengine write ibm1232 -i flop.xdf | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Formats like D88 will override the setting for the disk format, you can use the more generic " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Writing 3.5" floppies ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most floppy drives spin at 300 RPM, so you'll need to compensate for this in software unless you found a 360RPM Japanese floppy drive (trimode drives will spin at 300 RPM when attached to a Greaseweazle). | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | fluxengine write ibm1232 --flux-sink.rescale=1.2 -i flop.xdf | ||
</ | </ |
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