Re: Reading Apple2 floppies on a PC using Disk2FDI

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Oliver Schmidt replied:

>>>>   disk2fdi /SDO16 b: mydisk.do
>
>>First, what is the option flag "O" that Oliver used?  I can't find it
>>in the DISK2FDI documentation.
>
>From the Disk2FDI usage screens (obtained with disk2fdi /?):
>
>S[fff][nn][.e] : creates a Sector-dumped image file.
>[...]
>- fff is an optional format specification. The following are valid:
>[...]
>DO=Apple disk ][
>[...]
>The DO parameter must be specified with the "nn" parameter in the form
>DO13 or DO16.
>
>So after all "/SDO16" is the "/S" option with [fff] being "DO" and
>[nn] being "16".

Well, that's what I get for using an older version (0.97a).  I now
have the latest (0.99a) and it includes the options you describe.

Unfortunately, it is still prone to the same non-functional
behavior.

Upon <Enter> after the command, the program loads, then
displays the "how to get help" line and then hangs, spinning
the 3.5" disk (drive a:).

My "trick" of manually ejecting the 3.5" disk, then responding
"R)etry" to the error message after re-inserting gets it going
again, but, again, only the first two tracks of my ProDOS disk
are read correctly.  All others have "16 bad sectors".  ;-(

So far, I'd have to say this isn't working for me...

I should mention that both disk drives work fine in their usual
behavior with MFM disks.

-michael

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