[Techtoolslist] OmniFlop

[John Robertson]

Hi Andre,

If you want to send me a copy via email I will test them either Monday 
or Tuesday...

Have you tired comparing the set you have created with the set of 6.1 
discs on TTL FTP under Fluke/9100A/System_DiscsRV6.1 ?

John :-#)#

Andre Huijts wrote:

> I understand the 9100 is OS-9 based but OmniFlop already supports three different OS-9 formats. However, it doesn't recognize them as any of these three.

>

> I've left behind Windows since 2006 (well my work's laptop is still running it) and moved to iMacs but my old PC still had it installed.

>

> I still figure it is more likely for someone to still have a working XP setup than a DOS machine, not to mention not being able to transfer stuff to USB devices under DOS (normally).

>

> You can always make a multi-boot system, one of them XP.

>

> OmniFlop won't run correct under virtual machines though and using USB floppy drives is also a no-no.

>

> I have now backed up all V6.1 discs two. I have two sets:

> Set 1 has System disks 1,2,3 Programmers Disk and IEEE-4888

> Set 2 has all this except the Programmers disk.

>

> Only Disk 1 of set 2 gave a read error but worked after a retry, All other floppies read trouble free.

>

> The zipped file is only 2,5 MB incl. the V6.0 set so no problem to e-mail it.

>

> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

>

> Op 11 nov. 2012 om 23:29 heeft Martin White <martin at guddler.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:

>

>   

>> IIRC they’re OS/9 floppies - not of Mac OS 9 fame. At the time that I looked before (2008 / 9 maybe?) it was one of the formats that required a purchased license. Obviously that could well have changed by now.

>>

>>

>>

>> I tried to use Omniflop quite a lot with Acorn BBC / Archimedes disks and I was able to get it to work under XP but I was never able to get the 64bit Windows 7 version to work. I went through a few mails with the developer who didn’t have a 64bit Windows based PC  so all he was able to say was “<insert name> has got it working but I’ve got no way to test / debug it” so I never got any further with it.

>>

>>

>>

>> It was great while it worked but I moved on from Windows XP a long, long time ago now.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> From: Andre Huijts

>> Sent: ‎11‎ ‎November‎ ‎2012 ‎21‎:‎49

>> To: Technical Tools Mail List

>> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] OmniFlop

>>

>>

>> I did a test with OmniFlop and it reports that the Fluke floppies have the following format:

>>

>> 80/2/18/512

>>

>> My guess is

>> 80 tracks

>> 2 sides

>> 18 sectors per track

>> 512 bytes per sector

>>

>> I did notice the floppy format was mentioned somewhere in the Fluke docs but I forgot in which....will try to find it but if anyone else already knows......please confirm this is correct or not...

>>

>> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

>>

>> Op 11 nov. 2012 om 22:35 heeft Andre Huijts <a.huijts at upcmail.nl> het volgende geschreven:

>>

>>     

>>> Guys,

>>>

>>> I found this very promising looking program to back up the Fluke 9100 floppies:

>>>

>>> http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop/OmniFlop.htm

>>>

>>> I like it because it runs under Windows, yes even W7 and it supports a load of formats, amongst them OS-9 formats.

>>>

>>> As a test I am now backing up the V6.0 disks. If anyone is able to recreate these floppies using OmniFlop and try them on a 9100a that would be great,

>>> I didn't have the time yet to hook up a monitor/ TV.

>>>

>>> Instead I dug out my PC which hasn't been used since 2005.....which eventually worked after getting some Raid 0 errors and the videocard loosing power because of what looks like a burnt power connector....

>>>

>>> Anyway, OmniFlop recognizes the Fluke floppies as Gravograph ISIS format, which is a computer controlled engraving machine.

>>>

>>> If anyone has a "spare" system they can try out these floppy images on so that we know if OmniFlop works for us that would be great ! :)

>>>

>>> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

>>> _______________________________________________

>>> Techtoolslist mailing list

>>> Techtoolslist at flippers.com

>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

>>> FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org

>>> Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

>>>       

>> _______________________________________________

>> Techtoolslist mailing list

>> Techtoolslist at flippers.com

>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

>> FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org

>> Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

>> _______________________________________________

>> Techtoolslist mailing list

>> Techtoolslist at flippers.com

>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

>> FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org

>> Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

>>     

> _______________________________________________

> Techtoolslist mailing list

> Techtoolslist at flippers.com

> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

> FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org

> Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/



-- 
John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9 
Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, VideoGames)
                 www.flippers.com 
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out"