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Correct procedure for writing disk images to 3.5" floppies
Our forum member Caius has yet again shared vary valuable information for X68000 Compact owners. First of all you will need a 3mode floppy drive. It is recommended to use USB models. A Sony Vaio PCGA-UFD5 floppy drive was used for this test and it is very cheap. You can purchase one from here:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PCGA-UFD5-VAIO-Floppy-Drive/dp/B00006HNH0
Sadly Omniflop doesn't work with USB floppy drives so first you have to format correctly the 3.5 HD floppy with this DOS command:
format a: /a:1024 /t:77 /n:8 /u
or this one if previous doesn't work:
format a: /fs:fat /v: /a:1024 /t:77 /n:8 /y
a: is the letter assignment to the floppy drive. It can change to b: or other, depending on your hardware configuration.
After you have formatted the 3.5 floppy disk, you can write back the disk images using DiskImage 13b Utility:
http://www.wupload.com/file/2603990827/DiskImage_13b.zip
These are the correct settings:
* FD mode option should be “1.25M” and use “HD→FD(125)” button to browse *.xdf, *.dim or *.hdm files. * If you are using Windows Vista/7, use Windows XP mode for compatibility
Anyway, n8bit if you have trouble feel free to ask me.
P.S. Eidis, when I have a bit of spare time I want to do a Wiki article about the X68000 CompactXVI CF mod I made, are you agree? Other USB floppy drives with 3mode support are:
-Toshiba model PA3109U-1FDD -Panasonic model CF-VFDU03 -IBM FD-05PUB(Teac OEM) - maybe not the models manifactured after 2005 but this information is not confimed-