aftyde Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Hi All, What would be the best tool to use with a 80 track modded TI disk controller. I understand I can expect 1440 sectors for an 80 track DSSD disk. Small, but better than 720! I have tried a bunch of tools and none of them seem to allow for an 80 track input. Advice??? Cheers, Arthur... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 This is, of course, not really on topic of your question, but I can only recommend to everybody to look out for DSDD controllers instead of modding an SD controller to 80 tracks. Same capacity, but almost double speed. (I know they can be hard to find, just in case you spot one on ebay or so.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 DM2K does a nice job of formatting 80 track disk drives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 DM2k is excellent. I know I have even used Disk manager 2. I also think you will still get 1440 sectors from the 80 tracks. The 80 track upgrade gives you the same amount of storage as a DS/DD 40 track (360k) but in 80k single density format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 the old DiskManager2-Cartridge should also work, or am I wrong (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 the old DiskManager2-Cartridge should also work, or am I wrong (?) Yes, I've used DM2 with great success.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Agreed - I have a Myarc DDCC-1 in my other PEB. In the current system I am building it's a choice between a TI Controller with the Guion ROMS or a TI Controller with the 80 track mod. I'd love to buy a DSDD controller - anyone have one for sale??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I'd love to buy a DSDD controller - anyone have one for sale??? Believe it or not, an 80 track DSDD clone of the DDCC-1 is supposed to be in the pipeline... but I have no clue WHEN it'll actually happen. I was hoping for Christmas this year, but now I'm thinking not. This reminds me, I should have a package in the mail real soon for a couple of other items... I think I'll go check the mail now before I leave for work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Time for thread revival. I am trying to format an 80 track device with my Myarc DDCC-1 with 80 track ROM upgrade. I have tried several 3.5" drives which will format 40 track with no error, but 80 track returns a disk error 215. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 dm2k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I'm glad I don't have an 80 track device... I hate it when that happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 DM2K and DM2. Actually, DM2K will not give me the option for 80 tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Hold up... I completely forgot about the DIP switches. BBL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Yup. I thought I had set DSK2 for 80 track, but obviously not. Formatting is working as expected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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