Asus P3W- User Manual

Asus P3W

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – To move disks between simulators and real hardware
  • Page 4 – Applicability; Single-density disks loosely based on the “IBM 3740” (FM) format
  • Page 5 – Floppy Disk Media Considerations
  • Page 6 – Floppy Disk Encoding Techniques
  • Page 7 – IBM 3740 Track Format – For SD (FM) 8” Floppy
  • Page 9 – ImageDisk
  • Page 10 – ImageDisk – Main Screen
  • Page 11 – ImageDisk – Result of Reading a Disk
  • Page 12 – ImageDisk - Limitations; data address marks used by Model 1 TRSDOS
  • Page 13 – Catweasel
  • Page 14 – Catweasel MK 3 PCI Card
  • Page 15 – Other Options for Disk Imaging
  • Page 17 – Connecting a vintage 5.25” drive to PC FDC
  • Page 18 – Connecting an 8” drive to PC FDC
  • Page 19 – Using D-Bit’s FDADAP Floppy Disk Adapter
  • Page 20 – Power Supply Options for +24 VDC for 8” Drives
  • Page 21 – Tandon TM848E - Jumper Settings
  • Page 26 – Using “TESTFDC” to determine FDC capabilities
  • Page 27 – TESTFDC – D7600 Motherboard with 3.5” HD Drive
  • Page 28 – TESTFDC – D7600 Motherboard with 5.25” HD Drive
  • Page 29 – Boards Tested using TESTFDC:; Asus P3W Motherboard
  • Page 31 – Asus P3W Motherboard
  • Page 32 – Generic Pentium 166 Desktop
  • Page 34 – Dell GX280 LFF Desktop
  • Page 35 – HP Vectra VE Series 8 DT
  • Page 37 – TESTFDC Results
  • Page 40 – Suggested PC setup for IMD and CW
  • Page 43 – Adaptec AHA-1522A SCSI Card with Floppy Interface
  • Page 45 – CompactFlash Card & IDE Adapter; Can be used in place of an IDE hard drive
  • Page 46 – Using Tim Mann’s Catweasel Tools; dmk2cw –d1 –k2 filename.dmk
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Disk Imaging Techniques

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ImageDisk & Catweasel

VCF SE 3.0

Malcolm Macleod

2 May 2015

[email protected]

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Summary

Page 3 - To move disks between simulators and real hardware

Disk Imaging – Why? • To make real system and application disks for our vintage computers using disk images found online • To archive and share our stash of vintage computer disks – before its too late! • To accurately duplicate disks - including most “copy protected” disks • To “format shift” – for...

Page 4 - Applicability; Single-density disks loosely based on the “IBM 3740” (FM) format

Applicability • Discuss ways of reading and writing floppy disks created on systems based on the WD1771 family and its descendants (WD1771, WD179x, WD 279X) - eg: • Single-density disks loosely based on the “IBM 3740” (FM) format • Double-density disks loosely based on the “IBM System 34” (MFM) form...

Page 5 - Floppy Disk Media Considerations

Floppy Disk Media Considerations • A significant portion of older disks (perhaps 5 to 10%) are failing due to age and/or poor storage conditions • Failure modes include: • Warped and physically damaged disks • Cloudy / mould affected • Oxide detachment on first read SO: • Test the drive before putti...

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