Monthly Archives: November 2007

feasability of writing disks

While there are some other bug fixes and documentation to be done on what’s already been implemented, I started thinking about writing ADF’s to disk over the last few days. While the hardware part of it is already in place, … Continue reading

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first real world tests

Well I tried to read about 70 disks in via my project tonight. I had mixed results. First, the Teac loves HD media but doesn’t fare as well with LD media. The Samsung hates HD media, but does very well … Continue reading

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HD media, low-density format disks now readable by Amiga Floppy Project

Good news. Got my Teac FD235HFC291/s which is now discontinued.  Just as Jens suggested, it works perfectly to read HD media that is formatted low-density.  No need to cover the hole, etc, it just works. I read two different disks, … Continue reading

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mail issues from the blog

I dunno how or why, but there were problems with the outbound mailing from my blog. In any even, I’ve added a new plugin, and everything is working much better. If there are any complaints, problems, etc please let me … Continue reading

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problem with high density disks

I’m running into an issue with HD, high density, floppies.  The output on the scope looks just fine, but I get a consistent bad checksum on all the tracks.  I’ve tried with and without covering the HD hole. My floppy … Continue reading

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intermittent problem found

I was just putting some finishing touches on this before I started to actually use and archive some of my stuff.  To put it to an actual real world test. Anyways, I tested an ADF generated ADF  against an amiga … Continue reading

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great performance increases

Today I’ve worked on optimizing the performance of the AFP reader and have made great strides. My original track times were nearly 475ms. This was 300ms reading the actual disk, 125ms transferring, and process times of around 50ms. This put … Continue reading

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