D’oh, my previous reply didn’t come thrue (see below) - accidently tried to send it from my other email account and the list didn’t accept it. Anyway, thanks and a small update: I have now tested and my 2031 can read a 1541-formatted disk (from another drive) just fine. d64copy won’t work (drive led starts blinking as if it has an error condition, but as I quit d64copy, it resets the bus and I can’t see the error). cbmctrl doesn’t seem to like the 2031 too much; it doesn’t recognise it (cbmctrl detect -> 8: *unknown*, footprint=<DBDC>) and often it just halts (fe. trying ”cbmctrl dir 8” couple of times, at some point it just does nothing (goes back to prompt) or replies "73,cbm dos v2.6 2031,00,00” repeatedly. Sometimes I need to replug the Zoomfloppy to restore normal operation. — Ville > Hi Spiro and Steve, and thanks. > It does work with cbmctrl command 8 "N0:DISKNAME,ID”. > > The drive starts formatting but fails after maybe 20-30 seconds with read error. > > I have taken the drive apart and cleaned it and lubricated the head drive rails etc, but still no go. The head looks pristine and I am using a NOS (non-formatted) double density disk (none of the previous ones from the same box have failed me). There was a bit of sticky residue on the drive belt and it wasn’t as flexible as it might have been, could be a problem. While spinning it does sound a bit noisy (compared to my other IEEE-488 drives). > > I’ll try to locate some of my disks from my other IEEE-488 drives and test if I can get a directory out of those with the 2031. > > It’s still better than I had dared to hope with a ”not-tested, no returns” eBay find :) > > — > Ville > > Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-cbmhackers@trikaliotis.net> kirjoitti 8.3.2017 kello 20.03: > > Hello Ville, > > * On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 07:41:37PM +0200 Ville Laustela wrote: > >> Is there a way to format a disk in a Commodore 2031 disk drive over ZoomFloppy? > > Of course, like you would format on a 1541 with the original routines: > > cbmctrl pcommand 8 n0:name,id > > or > > cbmctrl command 8 N0:NAME,ID > > I assume the 2031 is drive #8, otherwise, replace the #8 with the number > your drive has. > > Unfortunately, cbmformat and cbmforng will most probably not work, as > they do not know about the IEEE routines. I am not sure, though; thus, > if the above commands work, you might also want to try cbmformat and > cbmforng and report the results. > > Regards, > Spiro. > > -- > Spiro R. Trikaliotis > http://www.trikaliotis.net/ > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-03-15 17:00:02
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