Re: [opencbm-user] Starting All Over From Scratch

[Myke C. <su...@my...>]

Hey!  I have some good news!

Just for kicks, I thought I'd switch to using a different serial cable 
and suddenly I got different results from both my 1581 and 1571.

$ sudo cbmctrl detect
  8: 1581

That didn't happen before.

Whenever I tried to list a disk directory, though, this is all it said:

$ sudo cbmctrl dir 8 0
74,drive not ready,00,00

So I switched back to my 1571 to see what it would do, and...

$ sudo cbmctrl dir 8 0
0 ."geos128 1571    " g1 2a
2    "geos128"          prg
152  "geoboot128"       prg
137  "128 desktop"      usr
91   "128 configure"    usr
16   "GEOiNTRO"         usr
3    "sMARTtrack 128"   usr
14   "aUTOsMARTtIME"    usr
7    "cHANGEbsw1.2"     usr
4    "system error 2.1" usr
5    "nEWfONT"          usr
5    "gILLIGAN"         usr
5    "nUtEK"            usr
23   "PREFERENCE MGR"   usr
2    "pREFERENCES"      usr
22   "PAD COLOR MGR"    usr
2    "pAD cOLOR pREF"   usr
15   "ALARM CLOCK"      usr
18   "CALCULATOR"       usr
20   "NOTE PAD"         usr
8    "GEOmAKEbOOT128"   usr
40   "TEXT MANAGER"     usr
43   "PHOTO MANAGER"    usr
18   "paint drivers"    usr
2    "128 rboot"        prg
67   "geomerge"         usr
60   "geolaser"         usr
67   "text grabber 128" usr
2    "c128 gENERIC i"   usr
2    "c128 gENERIC ii"  usr
4    "pAPERcLIP ii"     usr
3    "fLEETsYSTEM 4"    usr
6    "wORDwRITER 128"   usr
141  "geowrite 64"      usr
141  "geowrite 128"     usr
32   "gEOoRGANIZER"     usr<
50   "rEAD mE"          usr
3    "128 comm 1351(A)" usr
3    "128 comm 1351"    usr
3    "128 joystick"     usr
3    "1571 bOOT fIX"    usr
38 blocks free.
00, ok,00,00

Interesting!

I have 4 JiffyDOS'd 1581s.  I tried all 4 of them.

One of them complains with a muted knocking sound whenever I insert a disk.

One of them makes an odd, fluctuating high-frequency tone instead - and 
doesn't seem to indicate that it's properly seating the disk and opening 
the sliding door.

The other two *seem* perfectly fine but, no matter what disk I insert, 
all 4 of them report:

$ sudo cbmctrl dir 8
74,drive not ready,00,00

So I don't know what the issue is there.

The 1571, however, seems to be working normally.

I even tried inserting a CP/M disk into it and got this:

$ sudo cbmctrl detect
  8: 1571

$ sudo cbmctrl dir 8
0 ."cp/m plus       " 65 2a
64695  "g..J....cB#...-" l.?<
51895  "B1.M1
M.)C.)..J;" el_<
8038  ".X.?B..:.4.Jy..." seq<
65219  ").W0M.)Mn7.t1M.)"*del
30751  "...M.(M.7M.7M.7" l_.<
14206  ".7M.7M.7C.)X..p"*sr?
10524  "4....X..rB .>.2"*el_
66,illegal track or sector,55,83

So... is that an indication that I can also backup the 1571 CP/M disks? 
I know the filesystem or track/sector layout is different (as seen 
above) but is that feasible too?  Or no go?

Myke