I followed the instructions at but when I tried to expand the partition after the copy, it failed with the following error: Primary volume header corrupt, trying backup. Secondary volume header corrupt, giving up...
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Brian Instruments Brikon 723 Floppy Drive Analyzer
$20 on ebay got me one of these Brian Instruments Brikon 723 Floppy Drive Analyzer Ever since I’ve seen this device mentioned in the datasheet of many different floppy drives, I knew I wanted to get ahold of one. ...
Canada Post sucks
So I made the mistake of having an Amiga book shipped from Canada using Canada Post Expedited USA shipping. It was dropped off at a post office on Nov. 17th in Mississauga, Ontario. Now Mississauga is about 300 miles...
quick memory check
So on bootup, I now have the hardware do a memory check. I basically take and write out a bunch of values to the memory, and then read them back and make sure they read back properly. The values written are based on...
new read routine implementation started
Last night, until 3am, I spent redoing my read routine to incorporate the method discussed in the comment of the last post. Basically, I use the time between the pulses as an indication of the data. I store 2-bit...
how the amiga reads floppies
So I’ve forever wondered, at the hardware level, how the amiga reads floppy disks. I’ve gotten bits and pieces over the years, but I’ve never really understood the bulk of it. So there are four main...
