Emulator Shalaev 3.00 and ZxTools 1.2

Monday October 06 1997 14:55, Evgeny Milun wrote to Eugene Semenov:
EM> IMHO - throw it all away... Everything is there...

Maybe everything, but no matter how much I messed around, nothing came of it. The floppack is recognized by the BIOS, when accessed from the program the indicator flashes (with some BIOS installation parameters even the disk spins), but the READ is not.

Sincerely yours,
Eugene

Saturday October 04 1997 05:59, Ilya Fomin ─── Eugene Semenov:

ES>> I also want to ask: has anyone connected a Spectrum floppack
ES>> to a PC at 5.25. It is marked either 1153 or 1053. And it is (infectiously) 800
ES>> kilo, hence all the difficulties with connection. If anyone knows how, then
ES>> describe the process itself in all details.

IF> The drive, apparently, you have is 5311. Say in the setup that it is 1.2
IF> megabytes, and be done with it.
And don’t forget to tear off the 2nd leg...

Good luck ! Evgeny.

■ The night is shorter than the day... The day will kill me... The world of illusions burns down in it. (C) Aria.

Wednesday October 08 1997 17:51, Evgeny Milun wrote to Eugene Semenov:

EM> I already wrote here... In order for the 720th flopguide to work normally at
EM> IBM, the first thing you need to do is unhook the 2nd leg... Second - return
EM> jumpers to their normal state, the same as they were in
EM> Spectrum. Third - in some bios, set "5'25 drive 1.2Mb".

I'm a dummy in hardware, what kind of second leg are we talking about here?

Sincerely yours,
Eugene

It’s quiet outside the window, and I’m sitting and writing a response to a letter written from Evgeny Milun to
Eugene Semenov Fri Oct 10, 1997 at 04:55 pm...

ES>> I’m a dummy at hardware, what kind of second leg are we talking about here?
EM> Uffff... ( 2IG: I’m sitting down to write this on Monday part of the FAQ)

See the postscript in the FAQ. However, this applies to everyone. :)

With all kinds of regards and wishes.
Igor.

... Some people tend to make mistakes, others have to pay for their mistakes.

Igor Gruzdev Thu Oct 09 1997 at 09:58...

EM>>> 2IG: It’s time to include this in the FAQ. Don't you find it?
IG>> I find it. But I can’t find (pun intended!) the only correct answer. (I
IG>> don’t have such a problem)
EM> Me too... now... And before that I suffered quite a lot...
EM> The only question to which I don’t know a definite answer is
EM> jumper markings on some specific type of drive... It looks like
EM> They are all marked differently, and you need to collect statistics...

Usually you look at the documentation for the flop, but in the absence of it, you just poke around
by scientific poke and poke. As soon as the LED starts to light up when accessing the flop, it means the jumpers have been selected correctly. :)

EM>>>> 2IG: It's time to include this in the FAQ. Don't you find it?
IG>>> I find it. But I can’t find (pun intended!) the only correct answer. (I
IG>>> don’t have such a problem)
EM>> Me too... now... And before that I suffered quite a lot...
EM>> The only question to which I don’t know a definite answer is
EM>> jumper markings on some specific type of drive... Looks like
EM>> they are all marked differently, and we need to collect statistics...

Friday October 10 1997 14:55, Vitalic Svetashov ─── Evgeny Milun:

VS> [..]
AI>>> AWARD does not keep track of 3'5 and 5'25. I even cheated like this when using
AI>>> DISKDUPE it was necessary to spin up distribution disks (flop 5'25 - 1.2) at 1.44
AI>>>. So I untwisted them at 5'25.
EM>> So I was lucky... Mine swears recklessly... It's not that he doesn't read,
EM>> but doesn't see at all... :(
VS> I treated it by cutting off the 34th contact _ON THE DISK DRIVE_ F:-O
VS> Rough, but it helped
Well, you're in vain... 34th - inverse “Disk drive readiness” That is,
it is always ready...

EM>> And don’t forget to tear off the 2nd leg...
DE> My friend, already in the 150th letter, you are screaming about some 2nd leg.
DE> _YOU_SEEN_DISK DRIVE_BOARD_ELECTRICAL_5311_? If not, then I’ll tell you in
DE> a secret that the 2nd, as you call it, leg on this board is not open
DE> at all!
And it shouldn’t be turned on... That’s what I’m talking about... I’m very glad that there was a person who is well versed in the differences between one brand of drive
from another. So you can help me describe what kind of jumpers are in each.
DE> Be kind, close the muzzle, and you don’t know anything about life!
And I’m very nice to you too. Especially when your mouth is closed and does not utter such sensitive speeches. ;)))

DE> PS (to the point): Pin 2 of the drive connector is DD/HD switching, for the
DE> drive this is the input.
Also to the point. This is not “HD/DD”, this is “Reducing the write current”.
DE> Unfortunately, not all branded HD flops are switched
DE> by this signal (I came across only one), therefore, in order to switch an HD flop to
DE> DD mode you need to fuck with rearranging jumpers :(
You almost always need to fuck with jumpers. By the way, why are you still
didn't do this part of the FAQ? A very necessary thing...

EM>> Good luck!

EM>> ■ The night is shorter than the day... The day will kill me... The world of illusions is burning in it.(C)
EM>> Aria.
DE> PPS: ^^^^ oh! I also listened to bands like this when I was 16! in 1987 :) absolutely
DE> he was a fool :)
I don’t want to offend you, but my musical tastes are... Did you understand the subtle hint? ;)

Mon 13 Oct 1997 22:53, Eugene Semenov wrote to Evgeny Milun:

ES> In short: the PC-South drive began to be perceived as 720Kb
ES> 3'5'', disks on it can be formatted to 720 Kb (MS-DOS
ES> format), through emulsion Shalaev, you can arrange a transfer from a PC to
ES> Spacey (in Spacey format; and only; the reverse process
ES> is not possible), Spectrum disks are not dumped into images of
ES> TRD files (an error is given: Error Disk). What should I do? How can
ES> read original TR-DOS disks for me?

ES> If there are any programs on the PC that allow you to read
ES> Spectrum disks, please send me these programs/programs.

You most likely have the wrong controller circuit on the Spectrum.
Or the VG is turbocharged incorrectly. It reads its own discs, reads other people's, but after
recording on other computers, your discs are not readable.

Sincerely, Alexey Ivanov

Monday October 13 1997 22:53, Eugene Semenov ─── Evgeny Milun:

EM>> That is. The 2nd pin of the disk drive cable on the IBM should not be connected to the 2nd pin on the drive... Got it?
ES> I did everything as it should (as you say, thank you very much) and
ES> the results are discouraging. In short: the PC-south drive began to be perceived
ES> as 720Kb 3'5'',
^^^^^^^^^^^^ But this is scary... He writes to you like that - 3'5 ?
ES> disks on it can be formatted to 720 Kb (MS-DOS
ES> format), using Shalaev's emulsion you can arrange a transfer from PC to Spacey (in
ES> Spacey format; and only; the reverse process is not possible), Spectrum disks are not
ES> dumped into TRD-file images (an error appears: Error Disk). What should I do?
ES> How can I read original TR-DOS disks?
This is a slightly different problem - the disks need to be “processed” by the DCU in the
ordinary disk mode (or whatever? I don’t remember exactly). This is already due to the length of the first spaces...

^^^^^^^!
EM> Well, you’re wrong... 34th - inverse “Disk drive readiness”. That is,
I know, but nevertheless, it plows.
EM> it turns out that you always have it ready...
Probably “always ready” is better than “ready not when needed” :)