8" drives and Compaticard / Uniform

From: Bob Stek <bobstek_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue Dec 14 05:21:22 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner_at_u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Don Maslin
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 12:37 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: 8" drives and Compaticard / Uniform

Bob, UniForm will only permit you to identify/select a single copy of
each type drive - that is 350k, 1.2mb, 3.5" (either 720k or 1.44mb) and
8". I assume that you used Uinstall to make that identification. About
the only way that I can think of that you could slip in a second 8"
drive would be to identify it as a 1.2mb drive - assuming that you do
not have one.

I might note that 22Disk will permit you to use both 8" drives.

                                                 - don

The problem isn't that I want two CP/M drives. It is that I can't access
even one! The Compaticard seems to have no problem attaching the two 8"-ers
as MS-DOS drives; I can access them as drives D: and E: just fine. When I
run Uniform and choose an 8" CP/M format, it tells me that drive F: is now
my CP/M drive. If I then do a DIR of F:, my drive B: activity light comes
on and gives me an error message. Even though I have the Compaticard
jumpered as the quartiary controller (I/O ports 3e0-3e7) Uniform accesses
drive #2 on the primary controller as drive F:

I suppose that I can disable the second 8" drive and see what happens. I
will try 22disk as well (although that's only to be pragmatic - I want to
know why the _at_#%$@#^& thing is acting the way it does!)


Bob Stek
bobstek_at_ix.netcom.com
Saver of Lost SOLs
Received on Tue Dec 14 1999 - 05:21:22 GMT