johndias Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 How can I find disk drivers for DMK/DSK? Seems to be my problem reading some (many) disk images. JV3 images read just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Tandy restorations Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 11 hours ago, johndias said: How can I find disk drivers for DMK/DSK? Seems to be my problem reading some (many) disk images. JV3 images read just fine. HxC Software mulator from https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/index.html can convert from DMK or DSK (JV1) but why would you want JV1 (model 1 format) for you model 3? Get the Beta version they fix a bug I think on the DMK, DSK (Jv1/JV3) > HFE format (format Gotek needs) Now if your looking for DSK/HFE format images to use on your gotek for your model 3, you can always check: https://willus.com/trs80/ or http://cpm.jenandcal.familyds.org/trs80.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndias Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Yeah, I'm missing information as a newbie. Here's the thing, when I converted images from the sites you listed to HFE on my HxC Gotek. I see that the virtual drive is being accessed, but after a bit it tells me "Illegal drive". I found a thread where someone posted a JV3 image and I tried that - bingo, reads just fine on my III. So my assumption is that I don't have the right disk drivers loaded, i.e. SYSTEM(DRIVE=2,DRIVER="filespec"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Tandy restorations Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) There is no "driver" needed for the the Model 3 can access the drive in LDOS (assuming your using that OS) as I mentioned previously you need to set it as sysgen or you will have to redo the input each time you reboot. try to boot from LDOS type: SYSTEM (DRIVE=2,ENABLE) type: SYSTEM (DRIVE=3,ENABLE) then try: DIR 2 If that fixes the problem then set the boot dos to always enable external drives on startup. SYSTEM (SYSGEN, ON) Edited August 16, 2020 by Texas Tandy restorations 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndias Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Ah, figured it out - again, newbie here. Booting into LDOS and trying to access TRS-DOS disks seems to be my problem. After reproducing the issue on Matthew Reed's emulator (which I will be purchasing, what a handy thing to have) I realized that the disk images from the web were pretty much all TRS-DOS disks so I used TRSTools to copy the contents to an LDOS image I had and it read just fine in the emulator and then again on my Model III, so pumped! Wondering if there's an easier way to do this though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Tandy restorations Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 nope, aside opening dmk/dsk with trstool click on file and properties it will tell you the format of the disk but not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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