Re: ADTPro with fast Disk II reads released

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Aug 26, 11:42 pm, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Aug 26, 8:58 am, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:> schmidtd wrote:
> > > On Aug 26, 4:23 am, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> schmidtd wrote:
> > >> Thanks again for such a great program!
> > > You're quite welcome.
>
> > >> However, I did discover that the format bug still appears to be there. I
> > >> formatted a blank 3.5" disk this morning using the 1.0.2 version and it
> > >> had the number of blocks set to 280 (instead of 1600) after the format
> > >> completed. It must think its a 5.25" disk or something?
>
> > > Yes, it sounds that way.  Famous last words: "I thought I fixed
> > > that."  If you format a second time, does it come out right?
>
> > No. I tried reformatting a 2nd time, but it didn't help.
>
> Ok, I tried it here and formatting a previously unformatted disk came
> out 1600 blocks.  Two things I'd like to know about your setup:
> 1) if you put in another unformatted disk and ask for a (V)olume
> display, what is the reported name and block count?  I expect <I/O
> ERROR> and 1600.
> 2) What 3.5" disk drive do you have?  (Is it inside an IIc+?)

David, answering your questions:

1) I'll try this out when I get home tonight, but prior to formatting
the disk yesterday, I am nearly 100% sure that it displayed <I/O
ERROR> and 1600 *before* I formatted the disk. I'll try and confirm
this tonight with a different disk.
2) I have a Superdrive 3.5" drive connected to the standard IIgs drive
port (ie. *not* using a Superdrive card)

Another point of note is that I am formatting HD 3.5" disks - despite
people's warnings, I have had very little trouble using the HD disks
(I think I've had one disk fail out of a box of 25). But as I
mentioned, formatting the disk under System Utilities fixed the
problem (ie. after formatting in System Utilities the disk was
displayed as 1600).

cheers,
-p