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+ | ====== Writing floppies with a directly attached IBM floppy drive ====== | ||
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===== Foreword ===== | ===== Foreword ===== | ||
* All floppy disk images, which you want to transfer, must be in XDF format. | * All floppy disk images, which you want to transfer, must be in XDF format. | ||
- | * You can use [[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 | + | |
- | * You can get detailed info about various floppy drives and their jumper settings in the FTP's [[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 | ||
+ | * 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 | + | * 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 maintain 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. | * The file is smaller than the disk - not all of the disk has been writen. | ||
* Apart from this, the operation completed OK | * 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 | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ====== Writing floppies with a USB Greaseweazle/ | ||
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+ | 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 ===== | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | fluxengine write ibm1232 -i flop.xdf | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Formats like D88 will override the setting for the disk format, you can use the more generic " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Writing 3.5" floppies ===== | ||
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+ | 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). | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | fluxengine write ibm1232 --flux-sink.rescale=1.2 -i flop.xdf | ||
</ | </ |
x68000/writing_floppies.txt · Last modified: 2022/04/25 16:33 by TD-Linux