Hi All
I have an SD HxC connected to my TRS80 as Drive 1
(I boot from physical floppy disk - NEWDOS/80)
I've tried numerous disk images, and making sure they are single sided/single density.
However, if I type DIR 1 the HxC responds and the display flickers between RA T:001/40 S:0 and RA T:000/40 S:0 several times before NEWDOS reports a 'Directory Read Error'
I'm running out of ideas, I've tried Pin34 High and Low in the setup but get the same error
Any help very much appreciated
TRS80 Model 1 - Directory read error
Re: TRS80 Model 1 - Directory read error
Which kind of image are you using ?
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apspurgeon
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Re: TRS80 Model 1 - Directory read error
Hi Jeff
I have tried a mixture, including images I found specifically for Model 1 (SS/SD). They are all 35 or 40 track, Single density.
I've also tried loading them into the HxC FloppyEmulator tool and exporting as HFE.
I'm new to this, so I suspect I haven't answered the question properly, and I'm not 100% familiar with the image formats yet.
Last night I found a bootable NEWDOS/80 Image and changed the HxC to be Drive 0. It started to boot, the NEWDOS logo came up on the screen but then it stop/hung. That same image also comes up with Directory error if I try and use it as Drive 1 when I boot from physical FDD
I'm starting to suspect it's not stepping tracks for some reason. (I did also try single/double step in the configuration)
**** Update ****
Looking at the pin outs I decided to crimp another cable (in case Pin 30 - STEP) wasn't working - I got the same problem
However
I removed the last physical floppy from the cable (this has the terminator) e.g it was Drive 1 at end of cable and terminated.
and behold I booted from the HxC OK.
So looks like there is an issue with the terminator on Drive 1 interacting with the HxC. Will keep trying to resolve
**** And it's all working now
I'm booting off a physical NEWDOS/80 Disk, then using HxC for Drive 1.
I had trouble with some images having too many tracks, so created a new image using TRSTOOLS, dragging CMD files into it and then importing that new image into HxC Emulator to export HFE. Seems to work
I have tried a mixture, including images I found specifically for Model 1 (SS/SD). They are all 35 or 40 track, Single density.
I've also tried loading them into the HxC FloppyEmulator tool and exporting as HFE.
I'm new to this, so I suspect I haven't answered the question properly, and I'm not 100% familiar with the image formats yet.
Last night I found a bootable NEWDOS/80 Image and changed the HxC to be Drive 0. It started to boot, the NEWDOS logo came up on the screen but then it stop/hung. That same image also comes up with Directory error if I try and use it as Drive 1 when I boot from physical FDD
I'm starting to suspect it's not stepping tracks for some reason. (I did also try single/double step in the configuration)
**** Update ****
Looking at the pin outs I decided to crimp another cable (in case Pin 30 - STEP) wasn't working - I got the same problem
However
I removed the last physical floppy from the cable (this has the terminator) e.g it was Drive 1 at end of cable and terminated.
and behold I booted from the HxC OK.
So looks like there is an issue with the terminator on Drive 1 interacting with the HxC. Will keep trying to resolve
**** And it's all working now
I'm booting off a physical NEWDOS/80 Disk, then using HxC for Drive 1.
I had trouble with some images having too many tracks, so created a new image using TRSTOOLS, dragging CMD files into it and then importing that new image into HxC Emulator to export HFE. Seems to work
Re: TRS80 Model 1 - Directory read error
Which images are causing you issues exactly ?