bugbiter Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Hi, I encounter strange behaviour of my BGPconverter writing to a pc folder with Ape and sio2usb cable. No problem with DOS2.5 but with SDX the atari locks up after a few sector writes. I cannot reproduce this in an emulator so I'm at a loss what is happening. Going to insert some screen color markings at strategic places in my code to find out where it hangs up. Is there anything that might be special or different when it comes to SDX compared to DOS2.5?? Edited July 26, 2016 by bugbiter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I don't think PC folder writing is supported via APE when using Sparta Dos unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 That's right: it doesn't work. SIO2PC with RespeQt allows the use of the SDX PCLink driver, which allows read/write access to mounted folders on the PC and is generally a much better solution for SDX. Not absolutely sure (perhaps Konrad can correct me if necessary), but I believe APE relies on sectors being written in a specific order. The SDX DOS 2.x driver may not write out sectors in the expected order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugbiter Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Ok so its not my fault :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugbiter Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 I just tried with 2 real 1050 floppies in enhanced density - SDX messes up a freshly dos2.5 formatted disk after saving 2 files and deleting one. The remaining file is corrupt - error 164 when loading. Is this also a known issue with SDX and real floppies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugbiter Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Just formatted my first real 5 1/4 floppy with sdx. With that it's working fine .. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodByteXL Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I just tried with 2 real 1050 floppies in enhanced density - SDX messes up a freshly dos2.5 formatted disk after saving 2 files and deleting one. The remaining file is corrupt - error 164 when loading. Is this also a known issue with SDX and real floppies? Ehm, no, it's more an issue of having overlooked that when reading the manual . -> page 166 or 8.6.1.2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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