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- From: galvarez@cs.ucsd.edu (Guillermo Alvarez)
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- Subject: Re: Can BBR start from a 1581?
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 18:42:17 GMT
- Organization: CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego
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- In article <4feig3$6ui@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, ckaiser@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Po-Ching Lives!) writes:
- |> In <4fdm8a$8p6@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> galvarez@cs.ucsd.edu (Guillermo Alvarez) writes:
- |>
- |> >The Big Blue Reader doesn't boot from a 1541 drive, because they're
- |> >probably using some wacky accelerator routines.
- |>
- |> No, not actually. BBR expects to be using a 1571, because only a
- |> 1571 (or 1581, probable-mont) can r/w in MFM formats. The 1541 and
- |> derivatives only r/w GCR.
- |>
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- That's why I talk about *booting/starting the BBR*, as opposed to
- converting diskettes from/to PC. The BBR itself is in a GCR diskette
- with one side for the 128 and the other for the 64. Last time I tried,
- the 1541 could read the directory and access the files, but the BBR wouldn't
- boot. When using a 1571 the access light blinks in a funny way, but
- it works.
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- |> If you have a nibbler, try that, but file-by-file should be fine.
- |> I assume this is an attempt to solve the convert-D64-to-disk problem
- |> without the LPT cable.
- |>
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- Yeah, still doing the same...
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