Asus P3W Manuel d'utilisateur

Disk Imaging Techniques - using - ImageDisk & Catweasel VCF SE 3.0 Malcolm Macleod 2 May 2015 [email protected]

ImageDisk – Main Screen

ImageDisk – Result of Reading a Disk

ImageDisk - Limitations Excellent highly useful suite of programs. Very well documented. Limitations are: 1. IMD images not widely supported by si

Catweasel • Is a floppy disk controller card [with other Amiga-related features] • Designed by Individual Computers • No longer available • Some onlin

Catweasel MK 3 PCI Card

Other Options for Disk Imaging Techniques that capture raw flux transition data: 1. KryoFlux http://www.kryoflux.com/ Standalone board with USB inter

Other Options for Disk Imaging (cont) PC-based software (mostly commercial or obsolete): • OmniDisk / OmniFlop • Teledisk, 22Disk, CopyQM, Anadisk S

Connecting a vintage 5.25” drive to PC FDC Remember: 1. Drive must be configured as DS1 (not DS0) 2. Keep it simple – one drive only 3. Terminating re

Connecting an 8” drive to PC FDC Things to be aware of: 1. Configure floppy drive to respond to DS0 2. Check HL, Motor-On & Side-Select jumpers 3.

Using D-Bit’s FDADAP Floppy Disk Adapter • Use 34-way “straight through” cable from PC FDC to FDADAP • Use 50-way “straight through” cable from FDADA

Topics: 1.Floppy disks – recording format 2.Introduction to ImageDisk and Catweasel 3.Other imaging techniques 4.Connecting vintage floppy drives to

Power Supply Options for +24 VDC for 8” Drives 1. D-Bit’s FDDC • http://www.dbit.com/fddc.html • DC-DC Adapter • Powered by IDE connector OR standalo

Tandon TM848E - Jumper Settings

Mitsubishi M2896-63-02U - Jumper Settings

Drive Type RPM Flux Transition Rate Data Rate Typical Formatted Capacity (KB) 8” – 77 Trk, SS,SD 360 500 250 250 (26x128) 8” – 77 Trk, DS, DD 3

What FDC capabilities are required of the interface card for “vintage” formats? Flux transition rate: • 500 kpbs is required for 8” (SD or DD) • 250 k

--------------------- Mainboard / Controller Listings ----------------------- S = Single Density P = Passed D = Double D

Using “TESTFDC” to determine FDC capabilities The testing process is as follows: 1. Connect a 250 kpbs drive to your PC – eg: a) 5.25” 360K drive (T

TESTFDC – D7600 Motherboard with 3.5” HD Drive

TESTFDC – D7600 Motherboard with 5.25” HD Drive

Boards Tested using TESTFDC: 1. ECS P6BA-A+ 2. Asus P3W Motherboard 3. Generic Pentium 166 Desktop 4. HP Vectra D7600-6000 Motherboard 5. Dell GX280

Disk Imaging – Why? • To make real system and application disks for our vintage computers using disk images found online • To archive and share our s

ECS P6BA-A+ Motherboard

Asus P3W Motherboard

Generic Pentium 166 Desktop

HP VECTRA D7600-6000 Motherboard

Dell GX280 LFF Desktop

HP Vectra VE Series 8 DT

Adaptec AHA-1522A SCSI/Floppy ISA Card

Computer / Controller 250 S D X 300 S D X 500 S D X ECS P6BA-A+ Motherboard F P F F P F F P F Asus P3W Motherboard (Tested using 3.5” 1.44M drive

TESTFDC Results for AHA-1522A using 5.25” 360K drive

TESTFDC Results for AHA-1522A using 5.25” 1.2M drive

Applicability • Discuss ways of reading and writing floppy disks created on systems based on the WD1771 family and its descendants (WD1771, WD179x, W

Hardware: • Any mid to late 1990’s PC motherboard • ATX power supply • PS2 keyboard • VGA display • IDE to CompactFlash card adapter • 2G (or bigger)

Disk Imaging Setup

Motherboard setup

Adaptec AHA-1522A SCSI Card with Floppy Interface • Does SD, DD & DD/128 at 250, 300 and 500 kpbs • No drivers required • $15 to $50 on eBay Ca

Setting up your AHA-1522A • Check the AHA-1522A’s jumpers are as per manufacturer’s default settings • Plug in the AHA-1522A card • Configure your dr

CompactFlash Card & IDE Adapter • Can be used in place of an IDE hard drive • Attaches directly to the motherboard • Allows easy means to transfer

Using Tim Mann’s Catweasel Tools • Reading a 5.25” SD or DD disk: cw2dmk –d1 –k2 [–s1] [–t35] –v42 filename.dmk • Writing a 5.25” SD or DD disk: d

Some tips & tricks 1. If CF card won’t boot after setting up MSDOS 6.22 from floppy, try “fdisk /mbr” 2. Sometimes 500 kpbs DD/128 checks using TE

Some tips & tricks (cont) 7. Consider scanning the disk label and other documentation (eg an directory listing) and storing this with the disk ima

Resources & Links • Siemens Floppy Disk Drive FDD 100-8 Technical Manual www.bitsavers.org/pdf/siemens/FDD100-8_V1.pdf • Herb Johnson’s Tech in

Floppy Disk Media Considerations • A significant portion of older disks (perhaps 5 to 10%) are failing due to age and/or poor storage conditions • Fa

Floppy Disk Encoding Techniques Sourced from: Siemens FDD 100-8 Technical Manual, page 1-5

IBM 3740 Track Format – For SD (FM) 8” Floppy Sourced from: Siemens FDD 100-8 Technical Manual, page 1-7

IBM 3740 Track Format – For SS, SD, 8-Inch Floppy Sourced from: National Semiconductor’s Disk Interface Design Guide and Users Manual, Page 9

ImageDisk • Written by Dave Dunfield • Uses the PC’s own FDC [built-in or plug-in] • MSDOS only • Package includes: • TESTFDC.COM – Tests capabilities