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Short:Pegasos floppy driver for MorphOS
Author:Pavel Fedin <sonic_amiga at rambler.ru>
Uploader:Pavel Fedin <sonic_amiga rambler ru>
Type:driver/media
Version:41.3
Replaces:driver/media/trackdisk.lha
Architecture:ppc-morphos
Date:2007-08-21
Download:http://aminet.net/driver/media/trackdisk.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/driver/media/trackdisk.readme
Downloads:3661

1. Description
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This is a MorphOS-native driver for built-in Pegasos floppy drive.

2. Usage.
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In order to use this driver copy it into DEVS: directory and write a mountlist
for the device. Here is an example for fat95 filesystem:

/* MS0: fat95 PC file system for floppy #0              */
/* $VER: fat95 file system 3.06 (08-Aug-2002) by Torsten Jager */

FileSystem     = l:fat95
Device         = trackdisk.device
Unit           = 0          /* change drive number here */
Flags          = 0
LowCyl         = 0
HighCyl        = 79
Surfaces       = 2          /* bootblock values have priority over these */
BlocksPerTrack = 18
Buffers        = 20
BufMemType     = 1
BootPri        = 0
Stacksize      = 4096
Priority       = 5
GlobVec        = -1
DosType        = 0x46415400

This driver comes with the preferences program which allows you to set number of
track read retries and turn on "No click" mode.

NOTE: Remember that in "No click" mode you need to issue a DiskChange command on
the drive in order to detect disk insertion! You can turn on and of this mode
using the supplied preferences program. The only exception is complete
(non-quick) formatting a blank disk - the driver will forcibly check for the
disk presence before formatting.

NOTE 2: This driver is intended to operate Pegasos hardware. It will not work on
classic Amigas with MorphOS!

3. Limitations
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1. Unfortunately Pegasos has the same floppy controller as common IBM
PC-compatible    computer so it can't read native Amiga-formatted floppy disks.
Only standard PC    format is accepted (1.44M for high density disks).

2. "NoClick" mode requires to issue DiskChange command on the drive after you
insert a    disk for the driver to detect it. Automatic insertion detection in
this mode is    impossible with this floppy controller. However you don't need
to issue DiskChange    command before Format command when doing full format.

3. Raw encoded track reading and writing is also impossible. So you'll be unable
to    read and write for example old Apple GCR-encoded disks.

4. Reading and writing sector label area with ETD commands is impossible,
supplied    sector label buffer will be ignored.

5. Precompensation values and step delays specified in unit structure are
ignored.
   Making use of these values is impossible.

6. Only high density (1.44 mb) disk format is supported.
        
4. Version history
------------------

41.3 - Formatting now works.
     - Implemented forgotten TD_SEEK and ETD_SEEK commands.
     - Preferences program is now more portable.
     - Preferences program now supports locale.
41.2 - Added all missing commands.
     - Preferences program now displays correctly with vector images set up in
MUI.
     - Window close gadget in preferences program now works.
     - New icon for preferences program.
     - Writing now works.
41.1 - Initial release.

5. Legal issues
------------------
This code is based on trackdisk.device version 1.18 taken from AROS operating
system <http://www.aros.org> and thus it is distributed under the terms of AROS
Public License.

Author of this version is Pavel Fedin <sonic_amiga at rambler.ru>

6. Thanks
------------------
1. All authors of AROS and MorphOS operating systems for their amazing work.
2. Genesi and BPlan gmbh for so nice Pegasos machine.



Contents of driver/media/trackdisk.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                  225     374  60.2% -lh5- 2857 Aug 20 23:09 trackdisk/Catalogs/français/System/Prefs/trackdisk.catalog
[generic]                  169     321  52.6% -lh5- d35a May 21 10:30 trackdisk/Catalogs/trackdisk.cd
[generic]                 7915   24679  32.1% -lh5- d3e5 Mar 21  2005 trackdisk/LICENSE
[generic]                 9464   21032  45.0% -lh5- 5f50 Aug 20 23:09 trackdisk/Prefs/Trackdisk
[generic]                 5798    5798 100.0% -lh0- 2e6a Mar 20 17:52 trackdisk/Prefs/Trackdisk.info
[generic]                 6435   13892  46.3% -lh5- 1fbf Aug 20 23:33 trackdisk/trackdisk.device
[generic]                 1543    3341  46.2% -lh5- 7c2a Aug 20 23:19 trackdisk/trackdisk.readme
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         7 files   31549   69437  45.4%            Aug 21 07:03

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