Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 10:13:52 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl>, Alex Kozlov <ak@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support Message-ID: <20171204181349.6C8BD2E0@spqr.komquats.com>
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I have one of those, used to boot an IBM 3274 controller. --- Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. This old phone only supports top post. Apologies. Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org> The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. --- -----Original Message----- From: Willem Jan Withagen Sent: 04/12/2017 03:34 To: Alex Kozlov Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support On 4-12-2017 11:38, Alex Kozlov wrote: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 10:26:17AM +0100, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: >> On 03/12/2017 13:18, Alex Kozlov wrote: >>> On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 11:56:27AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>>> In message <20171203113341.GA68792@ravenloft.kiev.ua>, Alex Kozlov wri= tes: >>>>>> On Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:27:57 +0000 >>>>>> "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Incidentally FreeBSD is/was the only modern OS which could >>>>>>> still read 8" floppies. >>>>> Well, with proper* cable you can connect 8" drive to fdc and read >>>>> it pretty much on any OS that supports floppies. >>>> Uhm... no ? >>>> >>>> Very few OS's have had 8" format compatible settings since CP/M >>>> and even fewer handle the track46 pin correctly on write. >>> I'd done it in dos, I read about successful setups for Linux and >>> Windows(older). Anecdotally, I was not able to do it in FreeBSD. >> Never too late to learn.... >> >> I still think I have my (from 1982) 8" disks around with a ported CP/M=20 >> system to a TRS-80 like system... But ever since the Intel ASM/CPM=20 >> developement stack died on the University they have been lying round for >> nostalgic reasons. And the hardware got dumped with the last move about >> 12 years ago. >> >> But it never ever occured to me that FreeBSD would be able to do 8", if >> alone for the controller. But now I learn that it could have worked... >> Cool :) > Theoretically, it should work. In practice, as bde@ suggested, you may ne= ed > to use UP i386 kernel and perhaps downgrade to earlier version of FreeBSD= . > Also you need to somehow acquire 34-to-50 cable or adaptor*. I made mine, > so perhaps that why I failed :) > You don't need to worry about tg43 signal if you don't plan to write on t= hese > floppies. >=20 > In the end, after burning weekend on this little project, I realized that= I > risk to burn much more time, so I just ordered kryoflux. >=20 > *) something like this http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img54306/h/c8ss= c.jpg Like I said. I'm keeping mine for nostalgic reason.... Don't have the drive any longer. Dare I say that I even have hard sectored 8" disks, when the start of block is actually indicated by a series of punched holes 8-) --WjW _______________________________________________ freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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