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Correct procedure for writing disk images to 3.5" floppies
Our forum member Caius has yet again shared very 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. It can be purchased from here:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PCGA-UFD5-VAIO-Floppy-Drive/dp/B00006HNH0
Here is a list of some USB floppy drives with 3mode support:
- Sony Vaio PCGA-UFD5
- Toshiba PA3109U-1FDD
- Panasonic CF-VFDU03
- IBM FD-05PUB (Teac OEM) - mode3 could be absent for models manufactured after 2005 but this information is not confimed.
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 formated 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”. 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 mode