Re: ADTPro with fast Disk II reads released

[magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

Polymorph,

I've got a ROM 01 GS with a 3.5 drive attached. When I format a disk
that I previously used on my Mac, or a PC at work, I also get the <I/O
ERROR> and 1600 before formatting. When I tell ADTPro to format the
disk it formats it as a Prodos disk with 1600 blocks. I'm guessing the
problem is with your Superdrive/Superdrive card.

Dean

On Aug 27, 5:00 am, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Polymorph wrote:
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> > David, answering your questions:
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> > 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)
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> Well I can confirm my previous answer to question 1) - I re-did the test
> using a fresh disk and the disk was reported as <I/O ERROR> with 1600
> blocks before the format, and "BLANK" with 280 blocks after the format.
> So it is looking quite possible that it is the Superdrive causing problems.
>
> Does anyone else have a Superdrive to verify this conclusion?
>
> If it is a problem specific to the Superdrive then it might have to be
> something I put up with. As I mentioned previously, its not a big issue
> but if it was effecting everyone then I thought it worth mentioning.
>
> By the way, I can't experiment with my ROM01 tonight, as it is actually
> my 3 year old daughters, and she is asleep (the IIgs resides in her
> room). I'll retry the test some time in the near future to see if I have
> better luck.
>
> cheers,
> -p