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ZoomFloppy CBMTransfer .D71 files ?? [message #410444] Fri, 06 August 2021 11:48 Go to next message
Bruce Thomas is currently offline  Bruce Thomas
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I'm wondering if there is a way to image a 1571 disk with a ZoomFloppy and
CBMTransfer?

CBMTransfer recognizes that there is a 1571 drive attached and it works
just fine to image or restore .D64/.G64 images but I don't see how to image
a double-sided 1571 disks.

Is that possible? What's the secret settings?

If CBMTransfer won't do it what does create a 1571 image?

Also, if that is not possible, how do I get CBMTransfer to image a disk
from a 1541? I've tried three 1541 drives and a 1541-II drive and the drive
will spin a bit and then stops with the directory showing in the right
window (empty if restoring or full if trying to image a disk) but no image
gets created or restored.

How does a person tell CBMTransfer to work with a 1541? No sense having a
1571 attached if it isn't fully supported. It recognizes that the drive
attached to the ZoomFloppy is a 1541 but doesn't want to transfer from/to
it.

Thanks

Bruce

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Re: ZoomFloppy CBMTransfer .D71 files ?? [message #410445 is a reply to message #410444] Fri, 06 August 2021 13:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 8/6/2021 10:48 AM, Bruce Thomas wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a way to image a 1571 disk with a ZoomFloppy
> and CBMTransfer?
>
> CBMTransfer recognizes that there is a 1571 drive attached and it
> works just fine to image or restore .D64/.G64 images but I don't see
> how to image a double-sided 1571 disks.
>
> Is that possible? What's the secret settings?
>
> If CBMTransfer won't do it what does create a 1571 image?
>
> Also, if that is not possible, how do I get CBMTransfer to image a
> disk from a 1541? I've tried three 1541 drives and a 1541-II drive and
> the drive will spin a bit and then stops with the directory showing in
> the right window (empty if restoring or full if trying to image a
> disk) but no image gets created or restored.
>
> How does a person tell CBMTransfer to work with a 1541?  No sense
> having a 1571 attached if it isn't fully supported. It recognizes that
> the drive attached to the ZoomFloppy is a 1541 but doesn't want to
> transfer from/to it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
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d64copy (name notwithstanding) will make d71 images.  It's the command
line tool I believe CBMTransfer uses under the covers.


Jim


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Re: ZoomFloppy CBMTransfer .D71 files ?? [message #410446 is a reply to message #410445] Fri, 06 August 2021 15:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Spiro Trikaliotis is currently offline  Spiro Trikaliotis
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Hello,

* On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 12:55:03PM -0500 Jim Brain wrote:

> d64copy (name notwithstanding) will make d71 images.  It's the command line
> tool I believe CBMTransfer uses under the covers.

There is a problem with d64copy, as I found out in a recent bug report.
It will not make 2-sided copies "out-of-the-box" on 1571 drives.

You must give it the option "-2" (or "--two-sided"), so it works.

Most probably, CBMTransfer relies on d64copy doing its job correctly,
but it fails at the moment.

So, use d64copy with the option.

For example, if you want to make a copy of a disk in drive #8 to a file
FILENAME.D71, use

d64copy -2 8 FILENAME.D71

To copy the image back to the disk in the drive, use

d64copy -2 FILENAME.D71 8

Regards,
Spiro.

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Re: ZoomFloppy CBMTransfer .D71 files ?? [message #410467 is a reply to message #410446] Sun, 08 August 2021 16:08 Go to previous message
Bruce Thomas is currently offline  Bruce Thomas
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Thanks Jim and Spiro.

I'll have a look at d64copy, options noted.

Bruce

On Fri., Aug. 6, 2021, 1:33 p.m. Spiro Trikaliotis, <
list-homestead@spiro.trikaliotis.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> * On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 12:55:03PM -0500 Jim Brain wrote:
>
>> d64copy (name notwithstanding) will make d71 images. It's the command
> line
>> tool I believe CBMTransfer uses under the covers.
>
> There is a problem with d64copy, as I found out in a recent bug report.
> It will not make 2-sided copies "out-of-the-box" on 1571 drives.
>
> You must give it the option "-2" (or "--two-sided"), so it works.
>
> Most probably, CBMTransfer relies on d64copy doing its job correctly,
> but it fails at the moment.
>
> So, use d64copy with the option.
>
> For example, if you want to make a copy of a disk in drive #8 to a file
> FILENAME.D71, use
>
> d64copy -2 8 FILENAME.D71
>
> To copy the image back to the disk in the drive, use
>
> d64copy -2 FILENAME.D71 8
>
> Regards,
> Spiro.
>
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