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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:// | + | |
+ | | ||
+ | * 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. | * 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:// | * 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 **NEC-compatible** floppy disk controller. You can use the Diagnostic options of OmniFlop to see if this holds for your system. You should also check your motherboard BIOS to see if it supports 5.25" 1.2MB writing. |
**Omniflop Install& | **Omniflop Install& | ||
- Install OmniFlop & OmniFDC drivers like mentioned in the Omniflop software .pdf installation guide. | - Install OmniFlop & OmniFDC drivers like mentioned in the Omniflop software .pdf installation guide. | ||
- | - Once Drivers are installed open the omniflop program, click Next | + | - Once Drivers are installed open the omniflop program |
- | - To format 5.25" select | + | - Select |
- The next windows will show a list of compatible formats which you can select: | - The next windows will show a list of compatible formats which you can select: | ||
* 78/2/8x 1024 Sharp X68000 78-Track 1248Kb | * 78/2/8x 1024 Sharp X68000 78-Track 1248Kb | ||
* 77/2/8x 1024 Sharp X68000 77-Track 1232Kb | * 77/2/8x 1024 Sharp X68000 77-Track 1232Kb | ||
- | - The format | + | - 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 " | ||
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+ | ===== 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