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Marcel Prisi
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Timo Hartong
9
Mar 4
mfm_emu & Acorn A310
It has been tested it was almost no trouble. It is working as you have outlined ;-). On Tuesday,
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mfm_emu & Acorn A310
It has been tested it was almost no trouble. It is working as you have outlined ;-). On Tuesday,
Mar 4
Timo Hartong
Mar 4
ST506 Emulator working in Acorn A410/I
I also tested the ST506 emulator with an Acorn A410/I which has an onboard ST506 controller and it
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ST506 Emulator working in Acorn A410/I
I also tested the ST506 emulator with an Acorn A410/I which has an onboard ST506 controller and it
Mar 4
Timo Hartong
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David Gesswein
4
Mar 4
Images for Acorn Archimedes
Dear David, I saw the list and I saw I forgot to mention versions etc. They are : Revision board : D
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Images for Acorn Archimedes
Dear David, I saw the list and I saw I forgot to mention versions etc. They are : Revision board : D
Mar 4
Jay Cotton
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hupfadekroua
9
Feb 3
Attempting to run 2 drives with mfm emulator
Location of working copy of rt11 5.4 rqdx3 controller rx33 disk. https://github.com/jayacotton/pdp11-
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Attempting to run 2 drives with mfm emulator
Location of working copy of rt11 5.4 rqdx3 controller rx33 disk. https://github.com/jayacotton/pdp11-
Feb 3
Chris Tersteeg
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David Gesswein
2
Feb 3
LED PCB for the J7 Expansion Connector
Thanks. I've added links to this message to my site. On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 04:07:36PM -0800,
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LED PCB for the J7 Expansion Connector
Thanks. I've added links to this message to my site. On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 04:07:36PM -0800,
Feb 3
Chris Tersteeg
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David Gesswein
2
Feb 2
Command fault when analyzing a CMI 6426-S
On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 03:11:59PM -0800, Chris Tersteeg wrote: > No sectors readable from
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Command fault when analyzing a CMI 6426-S
On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 03:11:59PM -0800, Chris Tersteeg wrote: > No sectors readable from
Feb 2
Jay Cotton
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cub...@gmail.com
10
Jan 14
simh and emulator file compatibility.
What do you mean by "I can't seem to link anything"?? 10MB would be way bigger than I
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simh and emulator file compatibility.
What do you mean by "I can't seem to link anything"?? 10MB would be way bigger than I
Jan 14
Alexander Huemer
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d...@pdp8online.com
9
12/31/24
Requesting help in interpreting mfm_read output
The one message got stuck in a spam queue. Looks like you figured it out. On the image Phil was right
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Requesting help in interpreting mfm_read output
The one message got stuck in a spam queue. Looks like you figured it out. On the image Phil was right
12/31/24
Andrew Hudson
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cub...@gmail.com
18
11/5/24
Resurrecting an ST-225 from a DEC Pro
I would be interested in an Ultrix image as well. I have v7m 1.0 floppies (which I also contributed
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Resurrecting an ST-225 from a DEC Pro
I would be interested in an Ultrix image as well. I have v7m 1.0 floppies (which I also contributed
11/5/24
Riccardo Cannavo
11/5/24
Reading an old MFM Drive
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can give me a big favor, I would need to read an old drive as
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Reading an old MFM Drive
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can give me a big favor, I would need to read an old drive as
11/5/24
ich.c...@gmail.com
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David Gesswein
4
11/2/24
Search for last 3.x OS 7.x image
> You can update to the current 4.xx code on the old OS if desired. Thanks David, yes - that's
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Search for last 3.x OS 7.x image
> You can update to the current 4.xx code on the old OS if desired. Thanks David, yes - that's
11/2/24
Tom Stepleton
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David Gesswein
6
10/22/24
Anyone using an MFM emulator with a PERQ 2T2?
On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 12:17:41PM -0700, Joan Touzet wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Sadly, I don'
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Anyone using an MFM emulator with a PERQ 2T2?
On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 12:17:41PM -0700, Joan Touzet wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Sadly, I don'
10/22/24
Tim Radde
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Alison Telford
31
10/18/24
Slow boot
Hi all -- fyi I prepared a fresh sd card with r74, got the wifi working (wpa_supplicant), and wow,
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Slow boot
Hi all -- fyi I prepared a fresh sd card with r74, got the wifi working (wpa_supplicant), and wow,
10/18/24
John Orwin
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David Gesswein
10
9/25/24
3B2 MFM Emulation
Latest code change: # diff analyze.c.original analyze.c.mod2 802c802 < for (i = 1; i <= seek
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3B2 MFM Emulation
Latest code change: # diff analyze.c.original analyze.c.mod2 802c802 < for (i = 1; i <= seek
9/25/24
Jefferey Wilson
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Steve Mastrianni
5
8/21/24
MFM_EMU lockup at second INDEX Pulse?
Update: The new BeagleBone arrived and behaved the same way as the old one, so the BeagleBone was not
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MFM_EMU lockup at second INDEX Pulse?
Update: The new BeagleBone arrived and behaved the same way as the old one, so the BeagleBone was not
8/21/24
Steve Jones
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David Gesswein
3
8/20/24
Newb failing to create an extract file from an emulation file
Thanks! Clearly need to upgrade from 2.16 to latest so I can use "--format tektronix_6130"
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Newb failing to create an extract file from an emulation file
Thanks! Clearly need to upgrade from 2.16 to latest so I can use "--format tektronix_6130"
8/20/24
Gotcha TL
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William Stillwell
5
7/5/24
Handling a ST-506 hard (Xebec 1410 controller)
I had one time had troubles with an Xebec Controller with ST-506, I think if you dig through the
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Handling a ST-506 hard (Xebec 1410 controller)
I had one time had troubles with an Xebec Controller with ST-506, I think if you dig through the
7/5/24
Alison Telford
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d...@pdp8online.com
10
6/11/24
MFM Emulation on IBM PS/2 Model 50 -- success
I was using an (indicated) 12V 2A (wall-wart) plug attached to a converted (barrel-jack-to-molex).
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MFM Emulation on IBM PS/2 Model 50 -- success
I was using an (indicated) 12V 2A (wall-wart) plug attached to a converted (barrel-jack-to-molex).
6/11/24
David Waine
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David Gesswein
3
5/30/24
Trying (and failing) to low level format a track
Good morning David, Thanks for your prompt and content-rich reply. It's going to take me a while
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Trying (and failing) to low level format a track
Good morning David, Thanks for your prompt and content-rich reply. It's going to take me a while
5/30/24
Cliff Miller
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David Gesswein
9
5/21/24
Compaq Portable Plus
Sort of. The emulator image is raw MFM encoded data. Only think I know that can use it directly is
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Compaq Portable Plus
Sort of. The emulator image is raw MFM encoded data. Only think I know that can use it directly is
5/21/24
Seth Morabito
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David Gesswein
10
5/13/24
ext2emu support for 3B2
Not much wants -d 0. Next update the mfm_emu command page will make that clearer. Did you find -d 0
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ext2emu support for 3B2
Not much wants -d 0. Next update the mfm_emu command page will make that clearer. Did you find -d 0
5/13/24
David Waine
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David Gesswein
3
4/21/24
"Write and step are active" error message
Set you run setup_emu? You will get that error if you haven't run it before running mfm_emu. I
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"Write and step are active" error message
Set you run setup_emu? You will get that error if you haven't run it before running mfm_emu. I
4/21/24
d...@pdp8online.com
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Adam Billyard
2
3/24/24
Bug found in mfm_emu
FWIW, with this fix I now get ZERO glitch error messages on my Tektronix 4404. On Thursday 21 March
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Bug found in mfm_emu
FWIW, with this fix I now get ZERO glitch error messages on my Tektronix 4404. On Thursday 21 March
3/24/24
Adam Billyard
3/18/24
Made a PR for prucode0.p
Cosmetic / code clarity. Removed ifdef REVC nested inside a ifdef REVC
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Made a PR for prucode0.p
Cosmetic / code clarity. Removed ifdef REVC nested inside a ifdef REVC
3/18/24
Zachary Hardesty (SuigintouLain)
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Joan Touzet
11
3/14/24
Emulation in an AT&T 3B2/310
I have a fix for the interrupt errors, it's been posted to GitHub as a PR: https://github.com/
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Emulation in an AT&T 3B2/310
I have a fix for the interrupt errors, it's been posted to GitHub as a PR: https://github.com/
3/14/24
David Waine
2/23/24
Anyone using the MFM board with an MVME320?
Hi, I am just starting out on a massive learning curve; trying to bring an MVME320 Disk Controller to
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Anyone using the MFM board with an MVME320?
Hi, I am just starting out on a massive learning curve; trying to bring an MVME320 Disk Controller to
2/23/24
Adam Billyard
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David Gesswein
19
1/23/24
Correcting LBA and --format
mfm_emu doesn't know anything about track layout. For most systems the low level format will
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Correcting LBA and --format
mfm_emu doesn't know anything about track layout. For most systems the low level format will
1/23/24
Adam Billyard
,
David Gesswein
2
1/22/24
adding a new decode format
Needed some changes. Updated file attached. This does not set the flag bytes on cylinder 0 like the
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adding a new decode format
Needed some changes. Updated file attached. This does not set the flag bytes on cylinder 0 like the
1/22/24
cro memcos
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d...@pdp8online.com
6
12/31/23
open() for /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp:P8_11_pinmux/state failed, No such file or directory
I have put new images up. Misidentifying B as A is fixed and the occasional permission denied message
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open() for /sys/devices/platform/ocp/ocp:P8_11_pinmux/state failed, No such file or directory
I have put new images up. Misidentifying B as A is fixed and the occasional permission denied message
12/31/23
cro memcos
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David Gesswein
3
12/31/23
About ESDI?
ESDI isn't possible to support with the current hardware. I looked at it when I started this
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About ESDI?
ESDI isn't possible to support with the current hardware. I looked at it when I started this
12/31/23