ImageDisk and some 8" images posted

[Dave Dunfield]

Hi Jules,

>Do you rely on being able to get the raw data stream from the floppy
>controller and decode in software? Or are you letting the FDC handle
>that?
>
>Reason I ask is that I just had a look under Linux and it's possible (at
>least with 2.6 kernels - no idea about earlier) to setup the FDC from
>user-land via the fd floppy device. In other words, a Linux port might
>be possible (for someone to do! :) assuming you're not doing anything
>'odd' with the FDC...

The 765 does not provide the ability to perform raw track reads/writes
like the WD devices do ...

I interface with the FDC via direct hardware I/O to both the FDC itself
and the DMA system.

At some point I will tidy up the source code and make it available, however
it is written for my own Micro-C 16-bit DOS compiler, and makes use of my
own screen/windowing library - it would take a fair bit of work to port this
to another system, but someone with enough spare time could take advantage
of my "learning experience", and re-implement the algorithms under Linux or
some other system.

Regards,
Dave

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