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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
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Catweasel MK4plus PCI
I wonder if anyone has any experience with it and 8bit CBM floppies? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
other formats, especially 5.25"HD and 3.5"DD/HD work much better
as for linux driver support, check http://www.soundtracker.org/raw/cwfloppy/ |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Again: thank you for valuable info. Has anybody tried it to read v-max or rapidlok disks with it for example? How does it compare to mnib in case of transfering the originals? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
i have only used it to transfer regular disks.... however in theory its the perfect tool to do images of original disks - the problem is the software to do it =P as for 1541 disks, baccy wrote a tool that is supposed to do it: http://arjuna.sourceforge.net/ |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Ok, I think I'll try to get one than. Thanks for the info once again. |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
One more question: is there any list of flopy drives that works with Catweasel? I was trying to find one but could not find anything more than opinions that there are problems with certain types of drives. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
not a list because: TEAC =) for 3.5" and 5.25"HD anyways ... for real 5.25" DD drives it doesnt really matter, since the drives from that time are generelly superior to the crap sold today. i use drives made by olivetti (ripped out of some cp/m machine). |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Quote: not a list because: TEAC =) for 3.5" and 5.25"HD anyways ... for real 5.25" DD drives it doesnt really matter, since the drives from that time are generelly superior to the crap sold today. i use drives made by olivetti (ripped out of some cp/m machine).
Thanks for the tips. Time for shopping now :) |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Finally got it! Out of curiosity: did anybody tried to install Catweasel drivers on XP x64? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
they are 32bit, so that doesnt work :) yet... just got the 64bit testing box =P |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Quote: they are 32bit, so that doesnt work :) yet... just got the 64bit testing box =P
Just like me - hence the question. Unfortunately I do have XP x64 Professional and there is no possibility to run 32 bit drivers :( Is there any chance to get the source for Windows drivers? I guess they are written in C/C++ so porting to x64 should be possible.
UPDATE: the way to run CW on x64 XP is following: burn UbuntuLiveCD and run it. On usb stick have a copy of cwfloppy archive for 2.6 kernel and compile it after extracting to the desktop. Than as root install the driver and viola... ;) |
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