Hello all,
here is something that I always miss for Oric - the Apple][ has the Copy ][ Plus.
It's based on heavy modified and extended FloppyBuilder.
For now partially are implemented only 'BIT COPY' and 'SECTOR EDITOR'.
WARNING: This is very preliminary work, no guaranties that it works at all and it's possible to destroy your DSK images or diskettes.
Any comments, critics, suggestions and wishes are highly appreciated without promises to be fulfilled .
EDIT: in 'SECTOR EDITOR' use h/H, s/S, t/T </> to navigate to prev/next head/sector/track/view ....
CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
This looks good
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Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
Nice, to be tested ...
coco.oric as DidierV, CEO Member
Historic owner of Oric, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga
Historic owner of Oric, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
Ok, time to give a shot!
I'll try the version
I'll try the version
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
Does not seem to work properly on my machine, like some of the text is missing (I can move the bar up and down with the arrows, but that's it).
Any idea of what that could be?
I converted the DSK to HVE with the HxCFloppyEmulator.exe (v 2.5.6.6) and then booted on the Gotek drive.
In Oricutron it works just fine.
Any idea of what that could be?
I converted the DSK to HVE with the HxCFloppyEmulator.exe (v 2.5.6.6) and then booted on the Gotek drive.
In Oricutron it works just fine.
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
I tried on my second Oric, exactly the same behavior.
I suspected the HFE may have been badly converted, so I converted it back to DSK, which gave me a binary different DSK file, but that one also loads just fine with Oricutron as well.
Could it be something like optimistic timings not working properly on a real Microdisc?
I suspected the HFE may have been badly converted, so I converted it back to DSK, which gave me a binary different DSK file, but that one also loads just fine with Oricutron as well.
Could it be something like optimistic timings not working properly on a real Microdisc?
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
I tried with Cumulus, worked fine on both Oric.
So if that works with Cumulus, it means it's not an Oric problem, more of a Microdisc issue.
Is there anyone here with a Cumana Reborn who could try the program and see if it starts properly?
(I gave a shot at my Cumana Reborn, but for some reason mine has never worked fine, and today it did not even bother detecting the disk at all.)
So if that works with Cumulus, it means it's not an Oric problem, more of a Microdisc issue.
Is there anyone here with a Cumana Reborn who could try the program and see if it starts properly?
(I gave a shot at my Cumana Reborn, but for some reason mine has never worked fine, and today it did not even bother detecting the disk at all.)
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
@Dbug: Thanks for the test. I'm back from a trip and will make a setup and test with Microdisc FDC (original and @Silicebit's one) + 3" drives (real drives and Gotek) asap. For now I succeeded to compile the program (because of updated toolchain and my new library functions).
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
Cool
In the mean time, I'll try to get some proper power bricks for my Microdiscs, because if that all work and I'm going to do a lot of tests, I'd rather avoid using the old PSU!
At some point, we can probably come up with some fancy graphics for the UI to make it look like one of these Amiga or Atari ST copiers
In the mean time, I'll try to get some proper power bricks for my Microdiscs, because if that all work and I'm going to do a lot of tests, I'd rather avoid using the old PSU!
At some point, we can probably come up with some fancy graphics for the UI to make it look like one of these Amiga or Atari ST copiers
Re: CopyPlus for Oric (WIP)
Having nice UI is always cool!
Let see what we can achieve with low level code.
Let see what we can achieve with low level code.