Read Track programs for 1050 and 810 Happy drives

[Gregf]

2 hours ago, ijor said:

 

Well, the main issue with the Blue Pill model is that it is not buffered. The MCU drives the floppy interface directly. This won't work with some old drives as they require too much driving current. There is also the risk that the Blue Pill could be damaged, although being so cheap, you can probably have a couple of spares.

 

I would say that unless you want to build a very cheap hardware by yourself, then I would recommend some of the more advanced buffered models. That is not to say that the Blue Pill model won't work. It will, at least  as long as you don't use a drive too old.

In that case I think I'm going to get one of the better ones. Looks like fun!

[Yellowman]

On 4/3/2023 at 6:33 AM, ijor said:

Back at the day I release a user friendly program to copy 8-bit disks automatically with the Discovery Cart. It was free and it was distributed by Happy. IIRC you could download it from their BBS. The main problem copying 8-bit disks is that you can't access the flippy side.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't found this user-friendly program for Atari 8-bit diskettes yet.

 

On 4/5/2023 at 5:04 PM, DjayBee said:

@Yellowman do you own a copy of "Disk Master 1050" which you could dump?

@DjayBee: Put it to you in the cloud.

 

 

Regarding Disk Master, I answered in the old thread.

[ijor]

17 hours ago, Yellowman said:

On 4/3/2023 at 1:33 AM, ijor said:

Back at the day I release a user friendly program to copy 8-bit disks automatically with the Discovery Cart. It was free and it was distributed by Happy. IIRC you could download it from their BBS. The main problem copying 8-bit disks is that you can't access the flippy side.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't found this user-friendly program for Atari 8-bit diskettes yet.

 

I'm not sure I have it anymore. Haven't used the software for decades. But I think it is included in some PD/Shareware disks sold by B&C.