TheEditor Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I have a 1050 that I have had for decades and I am wondering if there is something I can check, programmatically (peek) to tell me what upgrade may be installed (U.S. Doubler, Happy, etc?) so I do not have to take apart 30+ year old piece of working hardware? Thanks, T.E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I don't know about the other drive options, but the Happy Warp Speed disk will tell you if you've got a Happy or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ely Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) The SIO2USB from AtariMax comes with a drive analysis option in the Pro part of APE. That tells me I've got a Happy so i assume it'll do it for others. Edited January 6, 2017 by Ely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) it's a bit hit-n-miss, tho. because - to find out what upgrade (if any) you have you'd need to run lots of different software disks to eliminate each, and even then you're relying on a "no ***** present/detected" message - and some software is easily fooled by other similar upgrades - esp some "happy clones". going to be quicker - and easier to "pop the six case screws", gently raise the drive mech, take a pic of the board, and post it on here....someone will identify it very quickly for you. Edited January 6, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEditor Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Yea, I ended up popping it open and checking. I has an ICD US Doubler in it from 1985. Thanks for the replies folks.Now, what is the best duplicator to use with the drive to make ATRs from floppies? I have been using MyCopier but I am wondering if there is something fast/better. T.E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 You can tell to some degree by how long the busy light stays on when you close the door. Everyone seems to pick a different delay. I've been reading a lot about MFM and various other magnetics topics. It's really fascinating stuff. It's also sad that flaky 1.44M floppies gave the technology such a bad reputation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) Yea, I ended up popping it open and checking. I has an ICD US Doubler in it from 1985. Thanks for the replies folks. Now, what is the best duplicator to use with the drive to make ATRs from floppies? I have been using MyCopier but I am wondering if there is something fast/better. T.E really depends upon what you're using to make your ATRs? if you're using atarimax SIO2PCusb - then ape/prosystem comes bundled with it and is pretty fast too there's other options depending on the hardware used on PC side. if you're using some other SIO/PC cabling, then pc software like MakeATR or ATRtools should do the trick Edited January 7, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEditor Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 I am using my own SIO2USB cable the I created with an Inland FTDI board. Works perfect with RespeQT, reads and writes ATRs without issue. I guess I will just stay with MyCopier as it seems to support the U.S. Doubler natively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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