On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Silvio Finotti wrote:
>
> > >Reads Apple ][ disks without no extra hardware?
> > >Does it also turn water into wine?
> > >Lead into gold?
> > >cure cancer?
> > >Wanna buy a bridge?
> > >Where on there does it make any claim about Apple?
> >
> > You can read more info at the downloadable zip file.
> > The "Disk2fdi.txt" will describe what the software can
> > do.
> >
> > Take a look at the "Rawflopy.doc" file. There he
> > describes how to "fool" the FDC (floppy disk
> > controller) and read "other format" data. It makes
> > sense, and worth a try.... As soon as I find a 5,25
> > drive I'll try it....
>
> Wow. This is truly cool. I'm going to have to play with it as soon as
> some free time presents itself.
>
> If it works as reliably as it seems then this would surely qualify as the
> Hack of the Year.
Regarding this, it's not a big deal to have to have two drives, but would
it not be possible to do this with one drive? Could you not put a PC
formatted disk in the drive and start the process off, then remove the PC
disk and put a GCR disk in there? I imagine there may be sense hardware
that tells the controller that the drive mechanism is no longer engaged,
but if not, it seems like it might be possible to do this.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Mon Dec 22 2003 - 13:31:09 GMT