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How to image and create disks for retro computers

Adrian's Digital Basement
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It's fun to work with old retro computers, but what's not always fun is trying to make disks for them so you can actually use them. This video is a guide to cover making FM and MFM disks using a PC. Many old computers use this format of floppy disk and if you have one, this video is for you. This video isn't for you if you are trying to make disks for the Apple II, Commodore PET/VIC-20/64, Amiga or Mac (800k disks.) 0:00 Intro 00:46 Part 0 - The problem 3:20 Part 1 - Floppy disk encoding 8:39 Part 2 - Physical attributes 16:50 Part 3 - The disk drives 20:13 Part 4 - Picking you parts 26:23 Part 5 - Building the machine 34:30 Part 6 - Setting up ImageDisk 41:12 Part 7 - Making disks 53:38 Part 8 - Conclusion -- Video Links Michael Haardt's floppy guide with lots of technical information: http://www.moria.de/~michael/floppy/f... For the Apple II and Macintosh, I recommend the FloppyEmu: https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-... For the C64/V …...more
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How to image and create disks for retro computers
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2022Dec 31
It's fun to work with old retro computers, but what's not always fun is trying to make disks for them so you can actually use them. This video is a guide to cover making FM and MFM disks using a PC. Many old computers use this format of floppy disk and if you have one, this video is for you. This video isn't for you if you are trying to make disks for the Apple II, Commodore PET/VIC-20/64, Amiga or Mac (800k disks.) 0:00 Intro 00:46 Part 0 - The problem 3:20 Part 1 - Floppy disk encoding 8:39 Part 2 - Physical attributes 16:50 Part 3 - The disk drives 20:13 Part 4 - Picking you parts 26:23 Part 5 - Building the machine 34:30 Part 6 - Setting up ImageDisk 41:12 Part 7 - Making disks 53:38 Part 8 - Conclusion -- Video Links Michael Haardt's floppy guide with lots of technical information: http://www.moria.de/~michael/floppy/f... For the Apple II and Macintosh, I recommend the FloppyEmu: https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-... For the C64/VIC-20/C128 I recommend a SDIEC: (lots of options here, search around a bit) https://www.etsy.com/market/sd2iec For the Amiga, a Gotek with FlashFloppy works well: https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy ImageDisk: http://dunfield.classiccmp.org/img/in... TexElec Quad Floppy card: (not out yet) Recovering a floppy disk using an oscilloscope: (Fascinating read!) https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.c... Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store: https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spr... Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)    / @adriansdigitalbasement2   Support the channel on Patreon:   / adriansdigitalbasement   -- Tools Deoxit D5: https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1 http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16... O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) https://amzn.to/3a9x54J Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0 Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi... Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: https://amzn.to/3adRbuy TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000... TS100 Soldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI... EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/ DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS... Magnetic Screw Holder: https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-... Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-... RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) http://www.retrotink.com/ Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-... Heat Sinks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537... Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI --- Links My GitHub repository: https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r... Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/ --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal:    • How to remove chips without damaging the c...   --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino

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Adrian's Digital Basement

231K subscribers