Re: OmniFlop

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@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.
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>> 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.
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>>
>> 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@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
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