Greaseweazle ago-go

[Dustym]

Just had my ready-made Greaseweazle delivered via Royal Mail. Just waiting for a couple of cables to arrive, then the fun can start!
In the meantime, has anyone any tips I should be aware of when attempting to read Model 1 NEWDOS80 V2 and LDOS 40 track disks, viz.
1) is a 360K 5.25 IBC PC drive suitable or would a 40 track BBC computer disk drive be more suitable?
2) there isn't any reference to TRS-80 in the 'Sector Images Types'. Any advice on which of the ones listed would be the most suitable to use would be greatly appreciated.
Never having had 'real' disk and experience in the day, I'm still somewhat hesitant when it comes to sticking a 40 years old floppy in to a 40 year old disk drive!

According to the info sheet, it will WRITE .DSK files from an .IMG. They should run nicely in trs80gp, I'm hoping!!

 

[GeoffB17]

I'm regularly sticking 40 year old floppies into disk drives that sometimes are that age, others slightly younger. They usually work fine for me.

If it doesn't work, check back here with details of exactly what happens. If the drive has not used for a long time, sensors can get bunged up with dust.

Disks usually OK, only ones I've had trouble with were Wabash.

Geoff

 

[ldkraemer]

Dustym,
The Information I am finding for the three most used OS's are:
Model 1 DOS
TRSDOS 2.8.0 35 Tracks SS/SD 10 Sectors per track
LDOS1 5.3.1 35 Tracks SS/SD 10 Sectors per track
NEWDOS80 2.0 40 Tracks SS/SD 10 Sectors per track
NEWDOS80 2.0 79 Tracks SS/SD 10 Sectors per track

If you need SS/DD I can get those too.

There are other choices for DOS's like Doubledos, Multidos, Ultrados.
You will want Trackess, both Versions.

Larry

 

[Dustym]

Thanks guys for your help. I'll report back asap

 

[VERAULT]

Thanks guys for your help. I'll report back asap

So what happened @Dustym ?