Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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Ellerbach
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Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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Hi,
My very old native 8088 only supports 5"25 360K IBM floppy drives. Is there a way to set the Gotex to this specific setting? I see that it is possible for 720k and 1.44M but not for the 360K neither for 1.22M.
Thanks!

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Re: Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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Ellerbach wrote:
Wed Oct 16, 2019 8:48 pm
Hi,
My very old native 8088 only supports 5"25 360K IBM floppy drives. Is there a way to set the Gotex to this specific setting? I see that it is possible for 720k and 1.44M but not for the 360K neither for 1.22M.
Thanks!
Hi,

Install the HxC firmware first : https://hxc2001.com/store/index.html
And then you can use any format.

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Re: Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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nstall the HxC firmware first : https://hxc2001.com/store/index.html
And then you can use any format.
I have done that and copy a bootable 360 img with the correct naming. I can see the led but it doesn't boot and I get a 601 error from the BIOS. So either the Gotek is not recognize properly, either there is something else that is done correctly on my side.

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Re: Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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How behave the gotek green led ?

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Re: Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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Update:
* When changing the cable plug for the cross one, no more 601 but still not working, green led blink and that's it
* in this case, I've created both .img with a DISKA and DISKB index 0
* and still same behavior
* When on the non cross part of the cable, the led doesn't blink and get 601 error

Note: it was working before with a 360 floppy disk reader. Unfortunately, the floppy disk reader died :-(

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Re: Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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Ellerbach wrote:
Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:00 pm
Update:
* When changing the cable plug for the cross one, no more 601 but still not working, green led blink and that's it
* in this case, I've created both .img with a DISKA and DISKB index 0
* and still same behavior
* When on the non cross part of the cable, the led doesn't blink and get 601 error

Note: it was working before with a 360 floppy disk reader. Unfortunately, the floppy disk reader died :-(
Send me your img files to hxc2001 at hxc2001.com

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Re: Support for native 5"25 360K IBM PC reader

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So I made progress, plugged into the twisted cable, it does actually blink the green led. I finally managed to build a bootable disk with all what is needed thru the disk emulator with the right format :D
Now the door is open to recover the old hard drive and more fun in perspective as well!

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