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Sherlock
Consulting Limited |
OmniFlop Floppy Disk Driver & OmniFlop Wizard
User Guide
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Document Type |
User Guide - Uncontrolled |
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Document
Version |
3.1a |
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Document
Reference |
User Guide.doc |
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Date |
06 August 2023 |
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Author |
Jason Watton |
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Status |
Release |
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Total Number of
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80 |
2023 Sherlock Consulting Limited
No part of this document may be reproduced or
transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopied,
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the express written permission of Sherlock Consulting Limited.
Contents
1. Introduction 4
1.1 Product
Overview 4
1.2 Purpose 4
1.3 Scope 4
1.4 Readership 4
1.5 References 4
1.6 Acknowledgements 4
1.7 Glossary 5
1.8 History 5
1.9 Disclaimer
of Warranty 14
2. Installation 15
2.1 System
Requirements 15
2.1.1 External
(USB) Floppy Drives 15
2.1.2 Disk
Drive Calibration & Compatibility 15
2.2 Components 16
2.3 Installation 16
2.3.1 Driver 16
2.3.1.1 Windows 2000 17
2.3.1.2 Windows XP 23
2.3.1.3 Windows Vista 31
2.3.1.4 Windows 7 [Ultimate] 36
2.3.1.5 Windows 8 53
2.3.1.6 Windows 10 53
2.3.2 Application 54
2.4 Removal 54
2.4.1 Driver 54
2.4.1.1 Windows 2000 54
2.4.1.2 Windows XP 54
2.4.1.3 Windows Vista 54
2.4.1.4 Windows 7 [Ultimate] 54
2.4.1.5 Windows 8 54
2.4.1.6 Windows 10 54
2.4.2 Application 55
2.5 Registration
and Licensing 55
2.5.1 Justification 55
2.5.2 Licensing
Strategy 55
2.5.3 Getting
a License 55
3. User
Guide 57
3.1 Supported
Formats & Discoverers 57
3.2 Formatting
Disks 65
3.3 Running
OmniFlop 66
3.4 Welcome
Page 66
3.5 Function
Selection 66
4. Support 68
4.1 Things
to Check 68
4.1.1 Hardware 68
4.1.2 Floppy
Disk 68
4.1.3 Single
Density Support 68
4.1.4 Software 69
4.2 The
Ideal Test Environment 69
4.3 The
driver "does not contain any information about your hardware" 69
4.4 The
media in the drive cannot be read 70
4.5 "Incorrect
Function" Error Message 70
4.6 It
won't work with my [external USB] floppy disk drive 70
4.7 How
do I install a 5¼"
[internal] floppy disk drive? 70
4.8 How
do I install a 3½"
[internal] floppy disk drive? 70
4.9 How
do use a 3" [single-sided] floppy disk drive? 71
4.10 Nothing
was found 71
4.11 The
formatting works and it works in my old equipment but OmniFlop cannot read it 71
5. Using
OmniFlop With Your Software 72
5.1 List
The Formats You Need To Use 72
5.2 Contact
The Author 72
5.3 Install
The New Driver 73
5.4 Enable
The Formats 73
5.5 Access
The Floppy Disk 74
5.5.1 Disk
Order 74
5.5.2 Ensoniq
SQ80 Format 75
5.5.3 iSlogger
DDCPM Format 75
5.5.4 Computer
Automation LSI-2 Format 75
5.5.5 FLEX
Double-Density Formats 75
5.6 Close
all Access to the Floppy Disk 75
5.7 Disable
The Formats 75
5.8 Formatting
a Disk 75
5.9 Locking
The Media Type 76
5.10 Unlocking
The Media Type 77
5.11 Disabling/Enabling
Read/Write Access 77
5.12 Opening
For Formatting 78
5.13 Closing
The Format 79
5.14 Formatting
Tracks 79
1. Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
OmniFlop is a utility suite for accessing non-standard floppy disk formats in a standard PC. This is useful for archiving and resurrecting ancient data formats and floppy disks.
1.2 Purpose
This document is the User Guide for the OmniFlop utility suite.
1.3 Scope
This guide covers installation of the OmniFlop floppy disk driver and use of the OmniFlop Wizard application.
1.4 Readership
This document is targeted at any person involved in using the OmniFlop utility.
1.5 References
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1.6 Acknowledgements
This document is a first edition.
The product and this document owe credit to:
Jason Watton for authorship.
Chris Richardson (http://www.8bs.com) for testing, encouragement, and support.
Jonathan Graham Harston for extensive and unique information about alien disk formats.
The Stairway To Hell website (http://www.stairwaytohell.com).
alchresearch on The Stairway To Hell forum, and at http://www.alchemistresearch.com
Robert Schmidt and "The BBC Lives!" (http://bbc.nvg.org).
The BBC Micro community via the BBC Micro Mailing List.
Peter Edwards for offering me a beer.
Paulo Gomes for telling me about compatibility with Shima Seiki sewing machines.
Tim Felgate, Darren Atkinson, and Markus Dimdal for reporting the vital format statistics.
Garth Hjelte for incredible patience dealing with DD Ensoniq disks.
Paolo Bagnaresi for extensive TI-99/4A testing, development, and the screen shots of Vista and Windows 7 Ultiimate.
Martyn Lovell
for testing and manifest advice for
Christof Kauer of ipcas GmbH for feeding me formats and feedback for their USB Floppy Emulator (http://www.ipcas.com/products/usb-floppy-emulator-fdd-to-udd.html), and providing me with a prototype.
Others who have tried, tested, and used previous versions of OmniDisk and OmniFlop.
Those rightly disgruntled by being missed off this list ‑ tell me (I'm sorry).
All of the above have the right to be identified where appropriate as authors of their respective works.
1.7 Glossary
Definitions in the text are shown italicized and bold. Use of terms recently defined elsewhere or a direct quote from elsewhere in the text are shown italicized. Bold and underlining are used for emphasis.
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API |
Application Programmer's Interface, a set of functions and declarations which provide the programmer of an application to use an object. |
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BIT |
Built-In Test |
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Hex |
Hexadecimal |
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Rx |
Receiver/Reception |
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Tx |
Transmitter/Transmission |
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mC |
Micro-controller. |
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mP |
Microprocessor. |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus - an electrical and signaling standard plus protocol for device communications. |
1.8 History
The following versions of OmniFlop have been released:
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Details |
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31st Dec 2004 |
v0.01 Beta Release: Supports: • 5¼" 360kB drive: Standard DOS formats
only • 3½" 720kB drive: Standard DOS formats only • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: Extended formats
(see below) • 3½" 1.44MB drive: Extended formats (see below) • 3½" 2.88MB drive: Standard DOS
formats only • Standard x86
system architecture: Extended formats (see below) • NEC 98 system architecture: DOS formats
only • 5¼" 360kB drive: DOS 160kB • 5¼" 360kB drive: DOS 180kB • 5¼" 360kB drive: DOS 320kB • 5¼" 360kB drive: DOS 320kB x1024 • 5¼" 360kB drive: DOS 360kB • 3½" 720kB drive: DOS 720kB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 160kB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 180kB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 320kB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 320kB x1024 • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 360kB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 720kB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: DOS 1.2MB • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: (Extended) BBC DFS
40 (100kB/200kB) [Chris Richardson] • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: (Extended) BBC DFS
80 (200kB/400kB) [Chris Richardson] • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: (Extended) BBC DDOS
360kB (1-side) [Chris Richardson] • 5¼" 1.2MB drive: (Extended) BBC DDOS
720kB [Chris Richardson] • 3½" 1.44MB drive: (Extended) BBC DFS 40 (100kB/200kB)
[Chris Richardson] • 3½" 1.44MB drive: (Extended) BBC DFS 80 (200kB/400kB)
[Chris Richardson] • 3½" 1.44MB drive: (Extended) BBC DDOS 360kB (1-side) [Chris
Richardson] • 3½" 1.44MB drive: (Extended) BBC DDOS 720kB [Chris
Richardson] • 3½" 1.44MB drive: DOS 720kB • 3½" 1.44MB drive: DOS 1.44MB • 3½" 2.88MB drive: DOS 720kB • 3½" 2.88MB drive: DOS 1.44MB • 3½" 2.88MB drive: DOS 2.88MB |
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2nd Jan 2005 |
v0.02: • Extended formats disabled by default |
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2nd Jan 2005 |
v0.03 Beta Release: • Simple Analysis (Test) support added for all drive types. • Enhanced error reporting in Wizard. |
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11th Jan 2005 |
v0.04 Beta Release: • Enhanced Analysis algorithm - changed to distinguish between formats and sub-formats (e.g. 720kB/640kB) and check tracking. • Analysis support for NEC98 x86 system architecture (all drive types). • All drive
types: Custom format added for readable unrecognised formats. • Read/Write of
custom (unrecognized) formats added. • 'Test'
function tries to match format & advises of type of read/write to use. • Format option
added but not implemented. • Pre-defined
formats extended ‑ now covers: • (Extended) BBC DFS 40 (100kB single
sided/200kB double sided) • DOS 160kB • DOS 180kB • (Extended) BBC DFS 80 (200kB single
sided/400kB double sided) • DOS 320kB • DOS 320kB (1024 bytes/sector) • (Extended) BBC DDOS 360kB (single
sided) • DOS 360kB • (Extended) BBC ADFS L 640kB • (Extended) CP/M-80 / PDOS 640kB • (Extended) BBC DDOS 720kB • Spectrum +3 CP/M 720kB • Atari ST DSDD 720kB • Amstrad CP/M 720kB • DOS 720kB • (Extended) BBC ADFS D, D+, E, E+
800kB [Chris Richardson] • (Extended) Spectrum Miles Gordon Tech +D/Disciple 800kB [Andy J.Davis, Thomas Heck] • (Extended) DOS 800kB • DOS 1.2MB • (Extended) BBC ADFS F, F+ 1600kB
[Chris Richardson] • DOS 1.44MB • DOS 2.88MB • User Guide updated to include Windows 2000 installation. |
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12th Feb 2005 |
v1.00 Release: • Format option
implemented for all pre-defined formats. • Pre-defined
formats amended for GPL (format) and GSL (read/write). • Licensing
added (levels All, Format, BBC, Other, Custom). • User
selections stored between runs for use as default. • Added to
pre-defined formats: • (Extended) BBC ADFS S 160kB [Chris
Richardson] • (Extended) BBC ADFS M 320kB [Chris
Richardson] • (Extended) BBC Master 512 DOS Plus
800kB [Chris Richardson] • (Extended) BBC Z80 CP/M Acorn 400kB
[Chris Richardson] • (Extended) ZX Spectrum TR-DOS 640kB
[Art] • Corrected
pre-defined formats: • DOS 360kB (3.5" 1.44MB FDD) |
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27th Mar 2005 |
v1.01 Limited release: • Over-sampling
added (to cope with 82-track formats). • Under-tracked format detection corrected (e.g. 35-track). |
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4th Apr 2005 |
v1.02 Release: • Deflect
attempts to mount drive when non-standard format is present. • Added/changed
pre-defined formats: • (Extended) 3.5" BBC ADFS L
640kB [Chris Richardson] • (Extended) 5.25" BBC ADFS L
640kB [Tim Felgate, Mark Ferns] • (Extended) Tandy CoCo RSDOS
single-sided 157.5kB [Darren Atkinson] • (Extended) Tandy CoCo RSDOS double-sided 315kB [Darren Atkinson] |
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22nd Apr 2005 |
v1.03 Release: • Remove licensing from all confirmed formats and functions (i.e. Format) to date. |
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9th Sep 2005 |
v2.00a Release: • Redesign of user interface to reduce errors. • Reading/writing formats first always tries pre-defined formats, as per v0.03. • User chooses from all possible matching formats before reading/writing the disk. • Addition of Diagnostics Page. • Addition of Licensing Page. • Added formats: • SJ Research MDFS [Mark Ferns] • Akai S900 DD [Markus Dimdal] • DEC Rainbow [Paul Hughes] • Akai MPC 60 MK II [Dale Henriques] • Master 512 DOS [Chris Richardson] • Sinclair QL QDOS [Ali Booker] • Philips P2000C CP/M [Jason Watton] • Stride PDOS [Jason Watton] • ZEISS Spectrophotometer Specord
M400 [ • Shima Seiki knitting machine DS DD [Paulo Gomes, Kathy Newey] • ABB/Asea Robot [Daniel C. Hayden] • BBC Master 512 DOS [Chris Richardson] • IBM 360kB Torch Graduate [Chris Richardson] • Akai MPC 60 MK II [Dale Henriques] • Akai S1000 HD [Markus Dimdal] • Akai S3000 HD [Markus Dimdal] • Akai S950 HD [Markus Dimdal] • Ensoniq ASR-10 HD [Markus Dimdal] • Ensoniq EPS 16+ [Matt Savard] • Spectrum 128 Beta 128 [Walter G Hertlein] • NEC PC9801 UV, NEC FC9801 V DMF HD [Christopher J.M. Robertson] |
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14th Sep 2005 |
v2.00b Release: • Added
further diagnostic options. |
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14th Sep 2005 |
v2.00c Release: • Added
'Disk map' diagnostic option. |
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20th Sep 2005 |
v2.00d Release: • Added 'Test BIOS drive types'. • Enhanced
'Get disk map' and 'Test disk'. |
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26th Sep 2005 |
v2.01a Release: • Enhancements
in preparation for use with external 3rd-party programs. • Added version
check on driver. • Added support
for SFManager. |
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27th Sep 2005 |
v2.01a Release (documentation update): • Format naming
standardised. • Format lists
updated in Wizard and documentation. • Minor GUI
changes to Wizard. • Added support
for Awave Studio. |
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30th Sep 2005 |
v2.01b Release: • Added 1.722MB
DOS format. • Added
Electroglas Wafer Probers CP/M format. • Added support
for 3rd-party Electroglas format. • Corrected
e-mail use of '?' in automated e-mailing. • Enhanced
OmniFlop Disk Map (*.ofm) format. |
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17th Oct 2005 |
v2.01c Release: • Further
enhancements to disk mapping. • Head settle
time corrected on some seeks. |
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19th Oct 2005 |
v2.01d Release: • Further
enhancements to disk mapping. • Head settle
time corrected on some seeks. • Added ZX
Spectrum BetaDisk 40S format [Roberto Jose] • Added ZX
Spectrum BetaDisk 40D format [Roberto Jose] • Added ZX
Spectrum BetaDisk 80S format [Roberto Jose] • Added ZX
Spectrum BetaDisk 80D format [Roberto Jose] • Added DOS
1.232MB format [pstaszkow] • Split current
Tandy CoCo RS-DOS format into separate 48TPI and 96TPI formats. • Amended Tandy
CoCo RSDOS single-sided 48TPI 157.5kB [Darren Atkinson] • Amended Tandy
CoCo RSDOS double-sided 48TPI 315kB [Darren Atkinson] • Added Tandy
CoCo RSDOS single-sided 96TPI 157.5kB [Darren Atkinson, Benoit Bleau] • Added Tandy
CoCo RSDOS double-sided 96TPI 315kB [Darren Atkinson, Benoit Bleau] • RadioShack CoCo OS9/Nitros9 single-sided 40-track 48TPI (180kB) [Benoit Bleau] • RadioShack CoCo OS9/Nitros9 double-sided 40-track 48TPI (180kB) [Benoit Bleau] • RadioShack CoCo OS9/Nitros9 single-sided 40-track 96TPI (180kB) [Benoit Bleau] • RadioShack CoCo OS9/Nitros9 double-sided 40-track 96TPI (180kB) [Benoit Bleau] • RadioShack CoCo OS9/Nitros9 single-sided 80-track (360kB) [Benoit Bleau] • RadioShack
CoCo OS9/Nitros9 double-sided 80-track (360kB) [Benoit Bleau] • Reset default File Format if format changes. • Refresh the
list of File Formats with those most commonly used. • Correct the
File Formats offered for a generic single-sided format. • Added support
for 3rd-party |
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1st Dec 2005 |
v2.01e Release: • Added support
for Rubber Chicken Software Co. software (Ensoniq MID-Disk Tools,
Ensoniq Disk Tools, Ensoniq ASR-X Tools, Translator). • Added warning
to 'Get a license' to use the program first. • Added file
format '*.adf' for single-sided Acorn ADFS. • Added initial
warning about disabling anti-virus software. |
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10th Jan 2006 |
v2.01f Release: • Added E-mu Emax 800kB [Garth Hjelte] • Added E-mu EOS
1440kB [Garth Hjelte] • Added E-mu ESi
[Garth Hjelte] • Added Oberheim DPX [Garth Hjelte] • Added Prophet 2002 [Garth Hjelte] • Added Ensoniq Mirage [Claude Climer] • Added Korg DSS-1 [Claude Climer] • Added Spectrum Opus Discovery [Simon Owen] • Added Korg T-series
(T1, T2, T2EX, T3, T3EX) format [Dominic Guss] • Added |
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29th Jan 2006 |
v2.01g Release: • Added Dynacord
[Garth Hjelte] • Improved 'skip
bad sectors' • Added HP-2100
8" [Dave White] • Added Mori
Seiki DS DD 648kB [Thean Low] |
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20th Feb 2006 |
v2.01h Release: • Added support
of .D81 file format [JackLT] • Added Amstrad
System (SS/DS) [Karl Kopeszki] • Added Amstrad
Data (SS/DS) [Karl Kopeszki] • Added Amstrad System/Data DS and Data/System DS [Karl Kopeszki] |
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30th May 2006 |
v2.01i Release: • Added Thomson TO9 3.5" 640k format • Added support
for ensDT (Ensoniq Disk Tools) • Added Korg
01/W format. • Altered E-mu
EMAX format for compatibility with EMAX-I [Kris VC] • Added
RadioShack CoCo NitrOS9 80trk DS (720kB) variant [Bob Devries] • Added on-line licensing |
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27th Jul 2006 3rd Sep 2006 4th Oct 2006 |
v2.01j Release: • Added support for EMXP/EMXPN • Added • Added support for ensDT. • Added Balzer Metal Evaporator format
[Richard Scott, Dynex Semiconductors] • Added Alesis
Datadisk [Donal Ryan] • Added DOS
640kB format [Malcolm Sargent] • Added DOS
1.743MB format [kalman] |
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3rd Nov 2006 4th Nov 2006 15th Nov 2006 |
v2.01k Release: • Added 3.5" HP-2100 format [Patrice
Leonard] • Added Atari ST
SSDD format [Mark "alfspanners"] • Added support
for EnsoniqFS. • Added Slow
Step Rate option. |
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2nd Sep 2007 |
v2.01m Release: • Formatting
reliability improved. • Added DOS 729kB format [Gutbrod András] • Added Beli disk format [Igor
Živanović] • Changed names
of • Enabled
support for Rubber Chicken Software Co. software. • Added Applix 1616 800kB, 810kB, 820kB [Bob
Devries] • Added Sanyo X68000 1248kB format [Charles
Doty] • Added Atari 8-bit 90kB [Charles Doty] • Added unnamed 180kB format [Shawn Howell]
(unproven) • Added Tatung Einstein TC01 Xtal Dos 1.31
40-track DS 400kB & 40-track SS 200kB [Chris Coxall] • Added unnamed 144kB format [Brian
"Briza" Palmer] • Added OS-9/68K
3.5" DD 38W7 format [Andrey Gritzenko] • Added Spectrum
DISCiPLUS 40-track [Dario Ruellan] • Added unnamed
360kB format [Ralph Hänsel] • Added LIF 1232kB
disk format [Bruce] • Added ABB/Asea
Robot IRB L6/0293 41-track format [Toon Lettink] • Added Atari ST
SS 320kB format [Bob Devries] • Added HP 9121
format [Chuck Magee] • Added COMX DOS
formats [Dennis Heijmans, Marcel van Tongeren] • Added file
type Roland S50/550/W30/S7xx image • Added file
type Roland S50 image • Added HP-9000
Series 310 616kB format [Jason Watton] • Added missed
5.25" 360kB DOS-compatible formats. |
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26th Feb 2008 |
v2.01n Release: • Added Panasonic KX-W940 Word Processor
Typewriter format [Richard Holdaway] • Removed
licensing for EMXP/EMXPN • Removed
licensing for Rubber Chicken Software • Fixed failed
auto-detect on some PCs of the format after
an 'over-tracked' format, e.g. ASR-10 fails to be recognised. |
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N/A |
v2.01o Release: • Added beta Computer Automation LSI-2
mini-computer format [Lars Hamren] (Wizard only) |
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14th May 2008 |
v2.01p Release: • Fixed Ensoniq
Mirage format • Fixed Ensoniq
SQ80 format • Fixed Oberheim
DPX format • Fixed Prophet
2002 format • Changed all
references of 'EMu' to 'E-mu'. • Added Tandy
TRS-80 Model 1 NEWDOS/80 v2.0 40-track 100kB format • Added
GravoGraph VX format [Norman Bruggner] • Added Atari
Power Up Plus format [Norman Bruggner] • Added support
for RSX2MS program. • Added support
for AkaiS20 program. • Added ABB/Asea
IRB2000 format [Rob Bos] • Added
Korg DSM-1 [Doug Skinner] |
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9th Sep 2008 4th Oct 2008 21st Oct 2008 25th Oct 2008 1st Nov 2008 |
v2.01q Release: • Added
Sequential Studio 440 [Dazzer] • Added TRS-80
Model 1 NEWDOS/80 v2.0 77-track 385kB [Terry Stewart] • Added Tandy
RSDOS 2.3 87.5kB [Terry Stewart] • Added CP/M 2.2
80/10x1024 800kB [Dave Timmins] • Added HP-9121
DS 664kB format [Ian & Jo Andrews] • Fixed ABB/Asea
IRB2000 format [Rob Bos] • Added Mecmor
Variatex 2500 1280kB [Anton Sinovitch] • Fixed
Gravograph VX [Norman Bruggner] • Added BBC DFS
83-track DS format [Electronic Workshop, University of Sheffield] • Added RCA
Micro Floppy System 315kB [Berni Meier] • Added CNI
NC481 720kB [Kamil Murin] • Added DOS
1.701MB DTMF format [Lindsay Hargreaves] • Added Automatix
RobotControl RAIL 400kB [Johan M Lundstrom] • Added unknown
Media400x1024_0 400kB format [Taking the 5th!] • Added ABB/Asea
Robot IRB L6/0293 3½" conversion [Leotta Domenico] • Changed
interleave on Automatix RobotControl RAIL 400kB [Johan M Lundstrom] • Added TRS-80
Model 1 NEWDOS/80 v2.0 68-track 340kB [Terry Stewart] • Added HP-1000
format [Lawrence Uchida] • Added E-mu
EIII 800kB format [Alexander Burgwedel] • Added Ensoniq
SD-1 800kB format [Danyel Gloser] • Added Heath
H-89 HDOS 600kB partial format [Rich Lentz] • Added Heath
H-89 HDOS 640kB format [Rich Lentz] • Added TV3102
Controller Programmer [Ian Sharpe] • Added
Exelvision [Fabien Neck] |
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18 Nov 2008 |
v2.01r Release: • Interleave
checked for matching formats - perfect match returned if possible, otherwise
first (1:1) used. • Improved
Exelvision format (gaps) • Removed
duplicate Exelvision format (leaving only interleave 7:1) • Added
independent Heath H-89 CP/M 2.2 I3 800kB [Rich Lentz] • Added FM77L4
320kB format [Eginer (Tecnoginer S.L.)] • Added Hector
CP/M 200kB format [Yves Fontanes] • Added Hector
CP/M 720kB format [Yves Fontanes] • Added Hector
CP/M 800kB format [Yves Fontanes] • Added Timex
2048 FDD3000 single-sided (160kB) format [Michal Tarasiejski] • Added Timex
2048 FDD3000 double-sided (320kB) format [Michal Tarasiejski] |
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19 Nov 2008 2 Dec 2008 |
v2.2a Release: • Added OmniFDC
driver. • Tandy TRSDOS
2.3 (87.5kB) modified to accommodate the curious track 17. • Reg Codes and
License Keys presented in Courier New for easier transposition if necessary
(withdrawn). |
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12 Feb 2009 04 Mar 2009 |
v2.2b Release: • 4th year
anniversary of v1.00 release. • Added
universal license to cover all others. • Added HP-9000
Model 362 1540kB format [Kelvin Lee] • Added Thomson
T08-T09 series 320kB format [Norman Bruggner] • Added Osborne
1 (O1) SSSD 100kB format [Theodore (Alex) Evans] • Added Osborne
1 (O1) SSDD 200kB format [Theodore (Alex) Evans] • Added Osborne
Vixen (O4) DSDD 400kB format [Theodore (Alex) Evans] • Removed
licensing on all but the
following formats: • Custom/Unknown • Formats listed as 'New' on web page
(i.e. those added for v2.2a and v2.2b only). • Added GEM
S2/S3 synthesizer 1600kB format [Alexander Burgwedel] |
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12 May 2009 27 Jun 2009 31 Jul 2009 26 Aug 2009 24 Oct 2009 25 Nov 2009 |
v2.2c Release: • Added TI-99/4A
formats: • TI-99/4A SS/SD 40T SngStep 90kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/SD 40T DblStep 90kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/SD 40T SngStep 180kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/SD 40T DblStep 180kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/DD 40T SngStep 180kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/DD 40T DblStep 180kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/DD 40T SngStep 360kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/DD 40T DblStep 360kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/HD 40T SngStep 360kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] - needs OmniFDC
driver • TI-99/4A SS/HD 40T DblStep 360kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] - needs OmniFDC
driver • TI-99/4A DS/HD 40T SngStep 720kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] - needs OmniFDC
driver • TI-99/4A DS/HD 40T DblStep 720kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] - needs OmniFDC
driver • TI-99/4A SS/SD 80T 180kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/SD 80T 360kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/DD 80T 360kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/DD 80T 720kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi, Bill R Sullivan] • TI-99/4A SS/HD 80T 720kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi] - needs OmniFDC driver • TI-99/4A DS/HD 80T 1440kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi, Bill R Sullivan] - needs
OmniFDC driver • TI-99/4A SS/DD 40T SngStep 160kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/DD 40T DblStep 160kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/DD 40T SngStep 320kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/DD 40T DblStep 320kB
[Paolo Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A SS/DD 80T 320kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi] • TI-99/4A DS/DD 80T 640kB [Paolo
Bagnaresi] • Automated
audit performed - inconsistencies found: • Changed GSL on FX_OSBRN1_200 (all
but 5.25" 1.2MB drive) • Changed GSL on FX_OSBRN4_400 • Changed GSL on FX_HP1000 • Changed GPL on FX_IBM_DOS1232 (all
but 3.5" 1.44MB drive) • Changed GPL on FX_RCA_MFS on 1.2MB
5.25" • Changed GPL on FX_HEC_CPM_200 • Changed GPL on FX_APPL1616_810
(3.5" 1.44MB) • Changed GPL on FX_APPL1616_820
(3.5" 1.44MB) • Changed GSL on FX_AMS_SYS_SS • Changed GSL on FX_AMS_SYS_DS • Changed GSL on FX_AMS_DATA_SS • Changed GSL on FX_AMS_DATA_DS • Changed GSL on FX_AMS_DATA_SYS • Changed GSL on FX_AMS_SYS_DATA • Changed GSL on FX_IBM_DOS180 • Changed GSL on FX_IBM_DOS360 • Changed GSL on FX_HANSEL • Changed GSL on FX_AKAI_S950_HD for
5.25" 1.2MB • Changed GSL and skew on FX_BALZER
as per 3.5" 1.44MB • Changed GPL on FX_BBC_DOS_PLUS
(except 5.25" 1.2MB) • Corrected PAD on FX_SPEC_BETA40S • Corrected number of heads on FX_THOMSON_T08T09
for 1.2MB 5.25" • Corrected number of heads on
FX_SPEC_BETA80S for 1.2MB 5.25" • Changed GSL on FX_SPEC_DiP_40 on
5.25" 360kB • GPL for 5.25" 1.2MB
FX_DYNACORD, FX_ENS_COMP_HD, FX_ENS_ASR10, FX_ENS_ASR10_SP, FX_ENS_TS12
corrected. • Corrected GSL & GPL for
FX_CPM22_CTS_800 • Pad character for NEC98
architecture all but 5.25" 360kB drive changed from e5 to f6 (all
formats) as per standard architecture • FX_SPEC_BETA80D interleave
corrected to 1:1 • Added Slogger
DDCPM format [Dave Moore] plus file formats with and without padding • Completed Computer Automation LSI-2 mini-computer
format [Lars Hamren] (100% driver-based) plus added file formats with and without padding • Added FLEX
formats [Ron Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer] plus FLEX
.dsk file format • Added DEC RX02
1001kB format [Nikolay Degtev] • Added Didaktik
D40 360kB & D80 720kB formats [Pavel Chromy] plus .d80 file format • Added Zenith
ZDS ZDOS 360kB and CP/M-86 (320kB) formats [Steven White] • Added Balzer Ophthalmic
Lens Machine (250.25kB) format [Carlos Sánchez] • Added IMS MM/1
(1280kB) format [Bob Devries] • Added
Gravograph ISIS 640kB format [Patrick Poncet] • Added Data
General/1 199.5kB format [Josef Havlik] • Added 4th
Dimension 799.75kB format [Wocki] • Added OS-9
1010.75kB format [Georg Woltersdorf] • Added OS-9
Universal 632kB format [Bob Devries] • Added SATIM
560kB format [Florian Peth] • Recording of
default user choices simplified (no separate R/W and Format choices) • Drive/Media
locking improved for faster forced formats • File format
choice recorded as string so it can be used with more than one disk format • Added filter
to disk format selection to reduce number of formats offered • Added Stäubli/Unimation Puma 560c Robot Arm Controller 640kB format [Mike Ward-Theatronics] • Removed Toshiba Libretto support from FDC driver. • Added support
for Paolo's TI-99/4A program. • Removed all
format-specific 3rd-party licensing • Tested on
Vista32 and Windows 7 Ultimate OK [Paolo Bagnaresi] • Added installation
section for Vista and Windows 7 Ultimate [Paolo Bagnaresi] • Added HP110 portable 693kB format [Tom Szolyga] • Added manifest
for Vista and Windows 7 Ultimate [Martyn Lovell] • Added Oric Jasmin/Jasmin II (340kB, 348.5kB, 357kB) formats [Wilfrid Avrillon] • Added Dynacord ADD-one 840kB format [Roland Weihmayer] • Added full list of possible formats to a successful Diagnostic/Test Disk • Added Prophet 2000 420kB and 840kB formats [Kris ///E-Synthesist] • Added Casio FZ-20M (1280kB) format [Chris Strellis, Dr. Georg Müller, Rainer Buchty] • Added Tavernier 6809 (90kB, 170kB) formats [Thierry Hennuyer] |
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06 Dec 2009 |
v2.2d Release: • Fixes to
Prophet 2000 format. • Fixes to
Tavernier 6809 DD (170kB) format |
|
07 Apr 2010 |
• Added Simmons
SDX (1280kB) format [Garth Hjelte] |
|
10 Jun 2010 |
• Changed
interleave for Computer Automation LSI-2 format to 2 • Added NEC
FC9801 997.75kB format [Chris Paice] • Added Tatung Einstein TC01 Xtal System 5 80-track
800kB [Phil Simmons] |
|
04 Oct 2010 |
• Removed
licensing from Computer Automation LSI-2 for Chris Paice • Added Hitachi
Bio-chemical Analyzer 1040kB format [M. Heidari] • Added Sharp X68000
77-track 1232kB format [Papa November] • Enhanced strength
of 'Skip Bad Sectors' to cover all possible errors • Added 'Ignore
DDAMs' option |
|
26 Oct 2010 |
• Added IGM 6012
DD and HD formats (800kB) |
|
16 Nov 2010 |
v2.3a Release: • Upgraded from
legacy DDK (2600.1106) to latest (7600.16385.1) • Resolved all
problems with 64-bit use • Added file
format '.TRD' for TR-DOS to selection • TR-DOS 640kB
format interleave adjusted |
|
23 Mar 2011 |
v2.3b: • Cosmetic
release to help support TR-DOS changes • Changed
interleave for Stride PDOS • Added Stride
p-System (640kB) • Added Stäubli
JC3 JC4 JC5 (Jacquard Control) 1.44MB format [Christof Kauer, ipcas GmbH] • Added NEC
PC8801 359.5kB format [Víctor Jiménez Pérez] • Enhanced
auto-ID algorithm for non-uniform formats • Added Nestal
Synergy 800-110 690.5kB format [Christof Kauer, ipcas GmbH] • Added ZX
Spectrum TR-DOS 1-head 640kB format [Micky Elima] • Added Okuma
OSP 1458kB format [Christof Kauer, ipcas GmbH] |
|
13 Jul 2011β 18 Sep 2011 |
v3.0a: • Rationalised
database into one coherent list covering all drive types • Added Cloos
Rotrol 16 720kB format [Christof Kauer, ipcas GmbH] • Added IBM OS/2
XDF 1840kB format [Robert McMurray] • Added ASM
Epsilon 2000 Epi Reaktor 1440kB format [Christof Kauer, ipcas GmbH] • Added Schiess-Nassovia
Optimat 505 520kB format [Christof Kauer, ipcas GmbH] Withdrawn 22 Nov
2011 in favour of v3.0b - ASM Epsilon format often confused with DOS 1.44MB
format. |
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31 Oct 2011β 21 Nov
2011β 22 Nov
2011β 23 Nov
2011β 12 Jan 2012 03 May 2012 |
v3.0b: • Added Greco
Systems EZ-FILE 41-track 410kB and Greco Systems EZ-FILE 81-track 810kB
formats [Robert M. Woodruff] • Added Hashima
Model HSQ-88NC 720kB format [Yurij Usoltsev] • Added Tracer/ST
0-based and 1-based 1.44MB format [Jerry L. Hallett] • Fixed
mistaking 1.44MB DOS HD format for ASM Epsilon 2000 Epi (introduced in v3.0a)
due to BPB on interpreted disk data - only affects DOS/BPB formats other than
720kB. • Added Format-Write
combined function. • Added option
to repeat operation at end for mass production. • Added 18x128,
9x256 and 5x512 test formats [Cosimo Oliboni]. • Added Singer
9000 format [Maureen Kitching]. |
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03 May 2012 22 Sep 2013 05 Oct 2013 |
v3.0c: • Added
"Incorrect Function" potential solution to User Guide [Maureen
Kitching] • Corrected
interleave on Alesis Datadisk format [Dave "roses2at/blackbox"] • Changed name
of duplicated "Ensoniq EPS, ASR-10 & compatibles DD-disk" to
"Ensoniq EPS, ASR-10 & compatibles Special DD-disk" |
|
15 Sep 2017 22 Sep 2017 25 Sep 2017 26 Sep 2017 28 Sep 2017 21 Aug 2020 06 Aug 2023 |
v3.1a: • Corrected
interleave on all AMSDOS System and Data formats • Added XP
visual style/theme support to Wizard (possible fix to 'Incorrect Function') • Added ICL
DRS8801 CPM-86 format [Malcolm Surl, LuxSoft] • Added
installation instructions for Windows 8 and Windows 10 • Replaced legacy
OFL_DRIVE_TYPEs in favour of internal DRIVE_TYPEs (defined in OmniFlopDrvTypes,
as used in format definitions); legacy IOCTL and values left for backward
compatibility. • Fixed
double-density media prompt for double-density formats. • Fixed
reporting of no floppy drive installed. • Reduced
licensing for confirmed formats. • Moved cmdfd2m
format (1620kB) into correct position for auto-sensing. • Added EDA (HD)
and EDE (DD) file formats [Garth Hjelte] • Added
Sequential Circuits Prophet 3000 format [Martin Day] • Removed
license from Osborne 1 Double Density format [Uwe Knipping] • Corrected
spelling of 'Osborne'. • Added Tektronix
logic analyzer DAS9200/TLA510 format [Jonathan Levine] Released. |
1.9 Disclaimer of Warranty
THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. GOOD DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH NON-CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.
2. Installation
2.1 System Requirements
a) An IBM-PC compatible 386 or better.
b) Either:
i. (for OmniFlop) a built-in NEC-compatible floppy disk controller. You can use the Diagnostic options of OmniFlop to see if this holds for your system.
ii. (for
c) Windows 2000 SR1 or later, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Ultimate.
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me users should use OmniDisk at http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniDisk instead of OmniFlop.
2.1.1 External (USB) Floppy Drives
The OmniFlop driver is unlikely to work with external drives, e.g. USB external floppy drives. These usually work in a different way to internal floppy disk drives.
Note:
A USB floppy drive usually determines the format itself. The testing on the
disk is not extensive - it can be as unreliable as merely looking at the
density of the floppy disk inserted! For example, a double-density floppy
inserted will usually return the 720kB 80/2/9x512 DOS format regardless of the
format of the floppy.
2.1.2 Disk Drive Calibration & Compatibility
If you are trying to read, write, or format a disk made on another system (especially a non-PC system), then by all accounts the odds are stacked against you. However, with OmniFlop, the odds are reduced from 'impossible' to 'possible'.
No
two floppy disk drives are identical.
Floppy disk drives are mechanical. They are created, then calibrated, then used. Over time and with wear-and-tear their calibration may wander and their tolerance to disks formatted on other drives will vary.
Just
because you've got a drive of the correct size for your disk doesn't mean that
drive can read or write it.
To test the function of OmniFlop with your drive and machine you should:
- Make sure your floppy drive can format, read, and write disks using the Windows 'format' function and Windows Explorer.
- Get hold of a known, reliable floppy disk of the correct density. 3.5" HD disks have two holes in the top edge (one for write-protect); 3.5" DD disks have only one hole (the write-protect).
- Format the disk to the correct format using OmniFlop.
- Write an image onto the disk using 'Write disk'. The image does not need to be of the correct format - just an image of known data content.
- Read the disk back in using 'Read disk'. Check the data read in matches the data written.
If this sequence works, then OmniFlop and your hardware are compatible for the format you have selected. If you then have problems reading a disk from another system then this is almost always down to physical tolerances in the hardware of the floppy disk drives ‑ see http://www.accurite.com/FloppyPrimer.html. I cannot fix your hardware problems with software.
Note that it took the author three 5.25" drives to find a drive capable of reliably reading an (aging) format of 5.25" disks. 5.25" drives are far less tolerant of each other than 3.5" drives.
2.2 Components
The distribution of OmniFlop (http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop) consists of 6 files:
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OmniFlop.inf OmniFlop.sys |
The OmniFlop floppy disk drive driver. This replaces the standard Microsoft-supplied generic floppy disk driver, and extends its capabilities (accessing FAT12/FAT16/DOS/Windows floppy disks is still possible). Usually, this is required, and should be installed. |
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OmniFDC.inf OmniFDC.sys |
The OmniFlop floppy disk controller driver. This replaces the standard Microsoft-supplied generic floppy disk controller driver, and extends its capabilities (accessing FAT12/FAT16/DOS/Windows floppy disks is still possible). You do not normally need to upgrade this driver - see 2.3.1. |
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OmniFlop.exe |
The OmniFlop Wizard. This application provides access to the enhanced services of the driver. |
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OmniFlop.pdf |
This user guide in Adobe pdf format. |
The package is distributed as a WinZip archive of the above files.
External registration is rarely required - see 2.5.
2.3 Installation
The files in 2.2 must be extracted from their archive and copied to a directory, preferably on a hard disk. Then installation must be performed in the order described below.
You must install the latest OmniFlop driver (OmniFlop.sys) that came with the Wizard if you want to use non-DOS formats. Inconsistencies will cause problems. From version 2.01 a check is made that the driver is compatible.
You only
have to install the OmniFDC driver if you want to use the formats listed in 2.3.1.
To re-install or update the driver, it is recommended that you first ‘Roll-back’ the driver to the Microsoft default, to avoid leaving a trail of versions behind. See section 2.4 first, before you follow the installation sequence below.
2.3.1 Driver
There are two drivers:
- The OmniFlop driver, OmniFlop.sys. You should always install this driver. It replaces the Floppy disk drive driver.
- The OmniFDC driver, OmniFDC.sys. This replaces the Floppy disk controller driver. You do not need to install this driver unless you are using any of the following formats:
- Tandy TRSDOS 2.3
- All HD (High-Density) TI-99/4A formats
The procedure for installing both drivers is almost identical. The procedure for installing one driver is given below - you must do this twice if you are installing both drivers (once for OmniFlop, then again for OmniFDC).
Both drivers are fully-compliant WDM driver for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.
You do not have to install any drivers. Without the OmniFlop driver installed, the OmniFlop wizard will read and write the (standard) DOS formats that Windows knows natively. With the OmniFlop driver installed, the OmniFlop wizard will read and write an extended list of formats not usually accessible from within Windows. If you only want to access standard DOS-format floppies, skip this section and proceed with 2.3.2.
Note that Windows will usually opt for using the Microsoft driver, or re-installing the existing one. Worse, Windows XP will strenuously resist installing the driver. This is because it has not been authorised by Microsoft: no money has been paid for them to ‘rubber stamp’ it as ‘Windows Compliant’. Do not worry about the number of warnings or cautions encountered when installing the driver – it’s because Microsoft hasn’t been paid.
However, at the same time, it would be remiss not to warn of the danger of changing this system component of Windows (part of the reason Windows complains so much). This software, as is usual with all software, comes with a disclaimer of warranty (see 1.9). Both Windows 2000 and Windows XP are capable of reverting to the Microsoft driver, if you wish – the installation is not permanent! There are currently no reported faults known to exist in this software.
2.3.1.1 Windows 2000
Right-click the ‘My Computer’ icon on the desktop and select ‘Properties’. Alternatively, navigate to the Control Panel (click the ‘Start’ button and select ‘Settings’ and ‘Control Panel’) then select ‘System’ to give the System Properties.
Figure 1. Win2000: System Properties
Select the ‘Hardware’ tab and click on ‘Device Manager’.
In Device Manager:
· To install the OmniFlop driver, click the ‘+’ by ‘Floppy disk drives’ and double-click the ‘Floppy disk drive’:
· To install the OmniFDC driver, click the ‘+’ by ‘Floppy disk controllers’ and double-click the ‘Standard floppy disk controller’:
Figure 2. Win2000: Device Manager
Click the ‘Driver’ tab:
Figure 3. Win2000: Floppy Disk Drive Properties
Click ‘Update Driver’. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard starts:
Figure 4. Win2000: Upgrade Device Driver Wizard
Click ‘Next’.
Figure 5. Win2000: Auto/Manual Driver Search
Select ‘Display a list of the known drivers’, and click ‘Next’.
Figure 6. Win2000: Driver Selection(1)
Note: If the "OmniFlop Enhanced Floppy Disk Drive" (or "OmniFDC Enhanced Floppy Disk Controller") is listed, a previous version already exists on your machine. If you choose this, the last installed version will be re-installed. If you want to use an updated version, do not be tempted to select the previously installed version shown here.
Click ‘Have Disk’ and ‘Browse’ to where OmniFlop has been installed. OK the selection and you will get an updated display:
Figure 7. Win2000: Driver Selection(2)
Click ‘Next’.
Figure 8. Win2000: Ready To Install
Click ‘Next’.
You should get (after a brief delay):
‘Finish’ the wizard, and the properties for the Floppy disk drive (or Flpppy disk controller) should now show something similar to:
Figure 10. Win2000: Floppy Disk Drive Properties – Using OmniFlop
Note: The version may be later than shown here. Make sure you are using the version of the driver supplied with the Wizard you want to use.
The driver is now installed.
2.3.1.2 Windows XP
Right-click the ‘My Computer’ icon on the desktop and select ‘Properties’. Alternatively, navigate to the Control Panel (click the ‘Start’ button and select ‘Settings’ and ‘Control Panel’) then select ‘System’ to give the System Properties.
Figure 11. System Properties (XP)
Select the ‘Hardware’ tab and click on ‘Device Manager’.
In Device Manager:
· To install the OmniFDC driver, click the ‘+’ by ‘Floppy disk controllers’ and double-click the ‘Standard floppy disk controller’:
· To install the OmniFlop driver, click the ‘+’ by ‘Floppy disk drives’ and double-click the ‘Floppy disk drive’:
Figure 12. Device Manager
Click the ‘Driver’ tab:
Figure 13. Floppy Disk Drive Properties
Click ‘Update Driver’. The Hardware Update Wizard starts, and may produce as a first screen:
Figure 14. Hardware Update Wizard – Talk to Microsoft
Select ‘No’. The driver is not published nor vetted by Micro$oft (another money-making scheme by the big, bad Corporation). Click ‘Next’.
Figure 15. Hardware Update Wizard – Auto/Manual
Select ‘Install from a specific location’, and click ‘Next’.
Figure 16. Hardware Update Wizard – Search Options
Select ‘I will choose the driver to install’, and click ‘Next’.
Figure 17. Hardware Update Wizard – Initial Options
Click ‘Have Disk’ and ‘Browse’ to where OmniFlop has been installed. OK the selection and you will get the display with a little warning:
Figure 18. Hardware Update Wizard – New Driver
Don’t worry about the warning – this is an indication that Micro$oft has not been paid to rubber-stamp the driver.
Click ‘Next’ and things get worse:
Figure 19. Hardware Update Wizard – Scare Tactics
This is blatant harassment of the end user to scare them away from installing drivers which haven’t earnt Micro$oft any money. Alarming though this is, ignore the bold text and severe warnings of gloom and anarchy and click ‘Continue Anyway’ – unless you want to pay the money for getting Micro$oft to rubber-stamp it, that is.
You should get (after a brief delay) something like:
Figure 20. Hardware Update Wizard – Success
‘Finish’ the wizard, and the properties for the Floppy disk drive (or controller) should now show something similar to:
Figure 21. Floppy Disk Drive Properties – Using OmniFlop
Note: The version may be later than shown here. Check the date, and make sure you are using the version of the driver supplied with the Wizard you want to use.
The driver is now installed.
2.3.1.3 Windows Vista
The installation follows a similar path to XP. The following screen shots are provided for guidance.
Choose 'Browse...'.
Choose 'Have Disk...'.
Repeat the above sequence for the Floppy Disk Drive:
2.3.1.4 Windows 7
The installation follows a similar path to XP and Vista. The following screen shots are provided for guidance.
Open Device Manager. You should have a 'Floppy Disk Drive' and a 'Floppy Disk Controller' listed:
Right-click the 'Standard floppy disk controller' and select 'Properties'.
Select the 'Driver' tab along the top fo the window.
Click 'Update Driver'.
Click 'Browse my computer for driver software'.
Click 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers'.
Click 'Have Disk...'.
Browse to the folder where you extracted OmniFlop and click 'OK'.
With 'OmniFDC' selected, click 'Next'.
At the prompt 'The publisher cannot be verified' click 'Install this driver software anyway'.
Once the driver has been installed you will be prompted with:
Click 'Close' and return to the new properties:
Click 'OK' and return to Device Manager.
Repeat for the Floppy disk drive:
Right-click the 'Floppy disk drive' and select 'Properties'.
Select the 'Driver' tab along the top of the window.
Click 'Update Driver'.
Click 'Browse my computer for driver software'.
Click 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers'.
Click 'Have Disk...'.
Browse to the folder where you extracted OmniFlop and click 'OK'.
With 'OmniFDC' selected, click 'Next'.
At the prompt 'The publisher cannot be verified' click 'Install this driver software anyway'.
Once the driver has been installed you will be prompted with:
Click 'Close' and return to the new properties:
Click 'OK' and return to Device Manager, which should now look like this:
2.3.1.5 Windows 8
This follows a similar pattern to Windows 7 and Windows 10.
If
you cannot install the drivers because they aren't digitally signed:
- Press win + I to launch the charm bar.
- Select 'Change PC Settings' at the bottom.
- Select General, and scroll to the bottom of the page, click Restart Now button under Advanced Startup section (on Windows 8.1, the Advanced Startup option is now 'Update and recovery' under Recovery). The system will reboot.
- On rebooting, you will be offered another menu.
- Select 'Troubleshoot'.
- Select 'Advanced options'.
- Select 'Startup settings'.
- Select 'Restart'
- The system will reboot again to a menu 'Startup settings'.
- Press 7 or F7 to select 'Disable driver signature enforcement'.
- System will boot. Install drivers as above. You will get a Windows Security warning window allowing you to install the drivers anyway.
2.3.1.6 Windows 10
For an x86 installation, follow 2.3.1.4 Windows 7.
If
you cannot install the drivers because they aren't digitally signed:
- Press win + I to get Settings.
- At the bottom, select Update and Security.
- Select Recovery.
- Under 'Advanced Startup', select 'Restart now'. The system will reboot.
- On rebooting, you will be offered another menu.
- Select 'Troubleshoot'.
- Select 'Advanced options'.
- Select 'Startup settings'.
- Select 'Restart'.
- The system will reboot again to a menu 'Startup settings'.
- Press 7 or F7 to select 'Disable driver signature enforcement'.
- System will boot. Install drivers as above. You will get a Windows Security warning window allowing you to install the drivers anyway.
2.3.2 Application
The application (OmniFlop.exe, a wizard) may be run directly by double-clicking the program icon. No other installation is required.
Under Windows 7, 8 and 10 you may be prompted (by "User Account Control") to allow the application to make changes to your system - this is required for OmniFlop to have direct access to the floppy disk drive. No other access is required, or used, by OmniFlop.
2.4 Removal
2.4.1 Driver
2.4.1.1 Windows 2000
Follow the actions in section 2.3.1.1 up to Figure 6. There should be two driver options currently available to choose from: "Floppy disk drive" and "OmniFlop Enhanced Floppy Disk Drive". Choose "Floppy disk drive" , click 'Next', and continue from Figure 8.
2.4.1.2 Windows XP
Follow the actions in section 2.3.1.2 up to Figure 13 to get the Floppy Disk Drive properties – it should actually look like Figure 21. Then press ‘Roll Back Driver’ and accept the roll-back. When the disk activity stops, the display should look like Figure 13, i.e. Microsoft all the way.
2.4.1.3 Windows Vista
After 'Browse my computer for driver software' choose the offered 'Standard floppy disk controller' or 'Floppy disk drive' driver.
2.4.1.4 Windows 7 [Ultimate]
After 'Browse my computer for driver software' choose the offered 'Standard floppy disk controller' or 'Floppy disk drive' driver.
2.4.1.5 Windows 8
Follow Windows 7 [Ultimate].
2.4.1.6 Windows 10
Follow Windows 7 [Ultimate].
2.4.2 Application
Simply delete the folder containing the executable file. No further removal is required.
2.5 Registration and Licensing
Certain formats and functions of OmniFlop require you to get a license from the author. Since v2.2b almost all licensing has been removed.
Licenses
are free and do not require any enrolment or subscriptions.
Any
information supplied for registration will only be used for registration and to
aid in the support and development of the product.
Licenses can be obtained using e-mail (click 'Register by e-mail') or, preferably, on-line (click 'Register on-line'). Registering on-line is automated and fast, whereas e-mails have to be manually processed, so are considerably slower.
If there are problems obtaining a license, check http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop for details of service. There are times when licensing is unavailable, especially using e-mail.
2.5.1 Justification
The decision to enforce licences was taken for the following reasons:
- To halt and prevent unlawful commercial exploitation of the utility.
- To halt and prevent impersonation of authorship.
- To provide feedback to the author. Free unrestrained distribution has provided no feedback on the number of users, what it was being used for, how successful it was, or how unsuccessful it was. The only feedback has been via those requiring support in using it (thanks be to them). Feedback is especially important for formats that were theoretical but unproven (and remain so without feedback).
2.5.2 Licensing Strategy
Licensing is applied as follows:
- Testing Disks requires no licence.
- Licenses are available to allow use of the OmniFlop driver with external (3rd party) programs. The licensing is used to monitor the support liability for external programs.
The right to refuse licences is reserved.
2.5.3 Getting a License
Using the program does not normally require a license. If you need a license, you will be told. To get a license you should simply attempt the function you wish to use.
However, there are situations where you want to obtain a license up-front, i.e. before attempting the function. This includes licensing other software to use the OmniFlop driver - a license is used to enable other software to access the driver directly. To get a license in this case use the 'Get a License' option from the front screen. The program will prompt with instructions, but when you ask for the license you must specify:
- The program name, i.e. OmniFlop
- The version number, e.g. v2.01a
- The Registration Code, e.g. BBCgT51x£@3. This is unique to you and a license cannot be issued without it. The code may contain codes which are normally untypeable or characters that you cannot easily recognise - e.g. 'I' and 'l', '0' and 'O' - so you should cut & paste the code directly into an e-mail. From v2.01 onwards an e-mail will automatically be generated for this purpose.
- The format you are trying to use. This is point of the license - to provide support for as many formats as possible. Your help in testing - and using - them is crucial.
- The hardware you are using (i.e. machine type or motherboard). This is to help with support and highlight PCs which are known to work, or known not to.
If you require multiple licences it saves time and effort if you note down all the details for those you require before asking for the licences.
3. User Guide
This section describes use of the OmniFlop Wizard.
3.1 Supported Formats & Discoverers
The OmniFlop driver recognises formats in two different ways:
- From a list of pre-defined 'known' formats. These can be physically read, written, and formatted.
- By physically analysing a pre-formatted floppy disk. This results in an 'unknown' format which can still be read or written. This means OmniFlop can read and write formats even if it doesn't know them.
The driver must be installed to read, write, and format extended and unknown formats. If an analysis finds a format on a disk which is already known then OmniFlop switches to using the parameters of that format.
The formats known to be recognised by OmniFlop are currently (with discoverers):
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OmniFlop
driver required? |
EXTENDED_MEDIA_TYPE |
Format Name |
Discoverer |
|
NO |
F8_256_128 |
8"
DOS 256kB |
|
|
NO |
F5_160_512 FX_IBM_DOS160 |
5¼"
DOS 160kB |
|
|
NO |
F5_180_512 FX_IBM_DOS180 |
5¼"
DOS 180kB |
|
|
NO |
F5_320_512 FX_IBM_DOS320 |
5¼"
DOS 320kB |
|
|
NO |
F5_320_1024 |
5¼"
DOS 320kB (1024-byte sectors) |
|
|
NO |
F5_360_512 FX_IBM_DOS360 |
5¼"
DOS 360kB |
|
|
YES |
F5_640_512 FX_IBM_DOS640 |
5¼"
DOS 640kB |
Malcolm
Sargent |
|
NO |
F5_720_512 FX_IBM_DOS720 |
5¼"
DOS 720kB |
|
|
NO |
F5_1Pt2_512 FX_IBM_DOS1200 |
5¼"
DOS 1.2MB |
|
|
NO |
F5_1Pt23_1024 FX_IBM_DOS320_1024 |
5¼"
DOS 1.23MB (1024-byte sectors) |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS160 |
3½"
DOS 160kB |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS180 |
3½"
DOS 180kB |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS320 |
3½"
DOS 320kB |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS320_1024 |
3½"
DOS 320kB (1024-byte sectors) |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS360 |
3½"
DOS 360kB |
|
|
YES |
F3_640_512 FX_IBM_DOS640 |
3½"
DOS 640kB |
Malcolm
Sargent |
|
NO |
F3_720_512 FX_IBM_DOS720 |
3½"
DOS 720kB |
|
|
NO |
F3_1Pt2_512 FX_IBM_DOS1200 |
3½"
DOS 1.2MB |
|
|
NO |
F3_1Pt23_1024 |
3½"
DOS 1.23MB (1024-byte sectors) |
|
|
NO |
F3_1Pt44_512 FX_IBM_DOS1440 |
3½"
DOS 1.44MB |
|
|
NO |
F3_2Pt88_512 FX_IBM_DOS2880 |
3½"
DOS 2.88MB |
|
|
NO |
F3_20Pt8_512 |
3½"
DOS 20.8MB |
|
|
NO |
F3_120M_512 |
3½"
DOS 120MB |
|
|
NO |
F3_128Mb_512 |
3½"
DOS 128MB |
|
|
NO |
F3_230Mb_512 |
3½"
DOS 230MB |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS729 |
DOS
729kB |
Gutbrod
András |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS800 |
DOS
800kB |
|
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1215 |
DOS
1.215MB |
Vitaliy
Vorobyov |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1232 |
DOS
1.232MB |
pstaszkow |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1230 |
DOS
1.230MB |
Vitaliy
Vorobyov |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1245 |
DOS
1.245MB |
Vitaliy
Vorobyov |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1458 |
DOS
1.458MB |
Vitaliy
Vorobyov |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1476 |
DOS
1.476MB |
Vitaliy
Vorobyov |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1494 |
DOS
1.494MB |
Vitaliy
Vorobyov |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1701 |
DOS
1.701MB |
Lindsay
Hargreaves |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1722 |
DOS
1.722MB |
Stephane
Roth |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS1743 |
DOS
1.743MB |
kalman |
|
YES |
FX_4THDIM_800 |
4th
Dimension 799.75kB |
Wocki |
|
YES |
FX_ABB_IRB2000 |
ABB/Asea
Robot IRB2000 S3 Type: PS 130/6 -45-P. 3084 80-track |
Rob
Bos |
|
YES |
FX_ABB_ROBOT |
ABB/Asea
Robot |
Daniel
C Hayden |
|
YES |
FX_ABB_ROBOT41 |
ABB/Asea
Robot IRB L6/0293 41-track |
Toon
Lettink |
|
YES |
F3_ABB_ROBOT41 |
ABB/Asea
Robot IRB L6/0293 3½" conversion |
Leotta
Domenico |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_DOS360 |
3½"
Acorn BBC Master 512 DOS 360kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
NO |
F3_720_512 |
3½" Acorn BBC Master 512 DOS 720kB |
Chris Richardson |
|
NO |
F5_720_512 |
5¼" Acorn BBC Master 512 DOS 720kB |
Chris Richardson |
|
YES |
F3_BBC_ADFS_L |
3½"
Acorn ADFS L 640kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
F5_BBC_ADFS_L |
5¼"
Acorn ADFS L 640kB |
Tim
Felgate, Jon Ripley, Mark Ferns |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_ADFS_M |
Acorn
ADFS M 320kB |
Jonathan
G Harston, Chris Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_ADFS_S |
Acorn
ADFS S 160kB |
Jonathan
G Harston, Chris Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_ADFS_DE |
Acorn
ADFS D, D+, E, E+ 800kB |
Jon
Ripley, Chris Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_ADFS_F |
Acorn
ADFS F, F+ 1600kB |
Jon
Ripley, Chris Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_SJ_MDFS |
Acorn
BBC SJ Research MDFS |
Mark
Ferns |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DFS40 |
Acorn
BBC DFS 40-track single-sided (100kB) |
Chris
Richardson, Rob Nicholds |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DFS40x2 |
Acorn
BBC DFS 40-track double-sided (200kB) |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DFS80 |
Acorn
BBC DFS 80-track single-sided (200kB) |
Chris
Richardson, Rob Nicholds |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DFS80x2 |
Acorn
BBC DFS 80-track double-sided (400kB) |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DFS415 |
Acorn
BBC DFS 83-track double-sided (415kB) |
Electronic
Workshop, University of Sheffield |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_Z80_CPM |
Acorn
BBC Z80 CP/M 400kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
F5_BBC_MAST_DOS_40T FX_BBC_MAST_DOS_40T |
Acorn
BBC Master 512 DOS 360kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
NO |
F3_BBC_MAST_DOS |
3½"
Acorn BBC Master 512 DOS Plus 720kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
NO |
F5_BBC_MAST_DOS |
5¼"
Acorn BBC Master 512 DOS Plus 720kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DOS_PLUS |
Acorn
BBC Master 512 DOS Plus 800kB |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DDOS80 |
Acorn
BBC DDOS 80-track single-sided 360kB |
Jason
Watton |
|
YES |
FX_BBC_DDOS80x2 |
Acorn
BBC DDOS 80-track double-sided 720kB |
Jason
Watton |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_MPC_60 |
AKAI
MPC 60 MK II |
Dale
Henriques |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S900 |
AKAI
S-900 800kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S950_HD |
AKAI
S-900 1440kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S_DD |
AKAI
S-950 800kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S950_HD |
AKAI
S-950 1440kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S_HD |
AKAI
S-950 1600kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S1000_DD |
Akai
S-1000 800kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S1000_HD |
Akai
S-1000 1600kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S3000_DD |
Akai
S-3000 800kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_AKAI_S3000_HD |
Akai
S-3000 1600kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ALESIS_DATA |
Alesis
Datadisk (800kB) |
Donal
Ryan |
|
YES |
FX_APPL1616_800 |
Applix
1616 (800kB) |
Bob
Devries |
|
YES |
FX_APPL1616_810 |
Applix
1616 (810kB) |
Bob
Devries |
|
YES |
FX_APPL1616_820 |
Applix
1616 (820kB) |
Bob
Devries |
|
YES |
FX_AMS_DATA_SS FX_AMS_DATA_DS |
Amstrad
Data (SS/DS) |
Karl Kopeszki |
|
NO |
F5_AMS_IBM FX_AMS_IBM |
5¼"
Amstrad IBM 160kB |
|
|
NO |
F5_AMS_CPM |
5¼"
Amstrad CP/M 720kB |
Andy J Davis, Thomas Heck |
|
NO |
F3_AMS_CPM |
3½"
Amstrad CP/M 720kB |
Andy J Davis, Thomas Heck |
|
YES |
FX_AMS_SYS_SS FX_AMS_SYS_DS |
Amstrad
System (SS/DS) |
Karl Kopeszki |
|
YES |
FX_AMS_SYS_DATA FX_AMS_DATA_SYS |
Amstrad
System/Data DS and Data/System DS |
Karl Kopeszki |
|
NO |
FX_APPLE_MAC_HD_HFS |
3½"
Apple Macintosh 1.44MB high-density, HFS Volume |
Jon
Ripley |
|
YES |
FX_ASM_2000_1440 |
ASM
Epsilon 2000 Epi Reaktor |
Christof
Kauer, ipcas GmbH |
|
YES |
FX_ATRI_8BIT_90 |
Atari
8-bit 90kB |
Charles
Doty |
|
NO |
F5_ATRIST_DSDD |
5¼"
Atari ST DSDD 720kB |
Jon
Ripley |
|
NO |
F3_ATRIST_DSDD |
3½"
Atari ST DSDD 720kB |
Jon
Ripley |
|
YES |
FX_ATRIST_320 |
Atari
ST SS 320kB |
Bob
Devries |
|
YES |
FX_ATRIST_SSDD |
Atari
ST SS 360kB |
Mark
"alfspanners" |
|
YES |
FX_ATRISTE_738 |
Atari
|
John
Davis |
|
YES |
FX_ATRISTE_800 |
Atari
|
John
Davis |
|
YES |
FX_ATRISTE_810 |
Atari
|
John
Davis |
|
YES |
FX_ATRISTE_820 |
|
David
Williams |
|
YES |
FX_ATRI_PUP |
Atari
ST(e) Power Up Plus 913kB - Note:
Writing disks of this format may require retries - keep pressing 'Retry'! |
Norman
Bruggner |
|
YES |
FX_AUTOMX_RAIL |
Automatix
RobotControl RAIL 400kB |
Johan
M Lundstrom |
|
YES |
FX_AUTOMX_RAIL_0 |
Media400x1024_0
400kB |
Taking
the 5th! |
|
YES |
FX_BALZER |
Balzer
Metal Evaporator Balzer
Ophthalmic Lens Machine |
Richard
Scott Carlos
Sánchez |
|
YES |
FX_BELI |
Beli
640kB |
Igor
Živanović |
|
YES |
FX_BMI3030A |
BMI3030A |
Edward
Winterberger |
|
YES |
FX_CASIO_FZ20M |
Casio
FZ-20M Note: This format may require a modification
to your PC floppy drive for use with the Casio FZ-20M - see here. |
Dr.
Georg Müller, Chris Strellis |
|
YES |
FX_CASIO_FZ20M_HD |
Casio
FZ-20M HD |
Rainer
Buchty |
|
YES |
FX_CBM1581 |
cbm1581 |
Wolfgang
Moser |
|
YES |
FX_CMDFD1M |
cmdfd1m |
Wolfgang
Moser |
|
YES |
FX_CMDFD2M |
cmdfd2m |
Wolfgang
Moser |
|
YES |
FX_CMDFD4M |
cmdfd4m |
Wolfgang
Moser |
|
NO |
FX_CNI_NC481_HD |
CNI NC481 HD 1440kB |
Senad
Gluhacevic |
|
NO |
F5_CNI_NC481_DD |
5¼" CNI NC481 DD 720kB |
Kamil Murin |
|
NO |
F3_CNI_NC481_DD |
3½" CNI NC481 DD 720kB |
Kamil Murin |
|
YES |
FX_ROTROL_720 |
Cloos
Rotrol 16 720kB |
Christof
Kauer |
|
YES |
FX_COMP_AUTO_LSI2 |
Computer
Automation LSI-2 Mini |
Lars
Hamren |
|
YES |
FX_COMX_35_SS |
COMX
DOS 35-track single sided |
Dennis
Heijmans |
|
YES |
FX_COMX_35_DS |
COMX
DOS 35-track double sided |
Dennis
Heijmans |
|
YES |
FX_COMX_70_SS |
COMX
DOS 70-track single sided |
Marcel
van Tongeren |
|
YES |
FX_CPM_640 |
CP/M-80
640kB (various machines, e.g. P2000C) |
Jason
Watton |
|
YES |
FX_CPM22_CTS_800 |
CP/M
2.2 80/10x1024 800kB |
Dave
Timmins |
|
YES |
FX_DG1_200 |
Data
General/1 |
Josef
Havlik |
|
YES |
FX_DEC_RAINBOW |
DEC
Rainbow 100 |
Paul
Hughes |
|
YES |
FX_DEC_RX02_1001 |
DEC
RX02 1001kB |
Nikolay
Degtev |
|
YES |
F3_DIDAKTIK_D40 |
Didaktik
D40 3.5" 360kB |
Pavel
Chromy |
|
YES |
F5_DIDAKTIK_D40 |
Didaktik
D40 5.25" 360kB |
Pavel
Chromy |
|
YES |
F3_DIDAKTIK_D80 |
Didaktik
D80 3.5" 720kB |
Pavel
Chromy |
|
YES |
F5_DIDAKTIK_D80 |
Didaktik
D80 5.25" 720kB |
Pavel
Chromy |
|
YES |
FX_DYNACORD |
Dynacord |
Garth
Hjelte |
|
YES |
FX_DYNACORD_ADD1 |
Dynacord
ADD-one |
Roland
Weihmayer |
|
YES |
FX_ELG_WP_CPM |
Electroglas
Wafer Probers CP/M |
Phil
Wiens |
|
YES |
FX_EMU_EIII_DD |
E-mu EIII DD-disk 800kB |
Alexander
Burgwedel |
|
YES |
FX_EMU_EIII_HD |
E-mu EIII HD-disk 800kB |
Alexander
Burgwedel |
|
YES |
FX_EMU_EMAX_DOS FX_EMU_EMAX |
E-mu Emax 800kB |
Garth Hjelte |
|
NO |
FX_EMU_EOS |
E-mu EOS 1440kB |
Garth Hjelte |
|
NO |
FX_EMU_ESI |
E-mu ESi 1440kB |
Garth Hjelte |
|
NO |
F5_720_512 |
5¼"
Ensoniq ASR-10 Computer Format DD |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
NO |
F3_720_512 |
3½"
Ensoniq ASR-10 Computer Format DD |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
NO |
F3_ENS_720 F5_ENS_720 |
Ensoniq
ASR-10, EPS, KS32, KT, SQ1, SQ2, SQ80, VFX-SD 720kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_800 |
Ensoniq
ASR-10, EPS, EPS 16+, KS32, KT, SQ1, SQ2, SQ80, VFX-SD, SD-1 800kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_820 |
Ensoniq
ASR-10, EPS, KS32, KT, SQ1, SQ2, SQ80, VFX-SD 820kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_1600 |
Ensoniq
ASR-10, EPS, KS32, KT, SQ1, SQ2, SQ80, VFX-SD 1600kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_1640 |
Ensoniq
ASR-10, EPS, KS32, KT, SQ1, SQ2, SQ80, VFX-SD 1640kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
NO |
FX_ENS_COMP_1440 |
3½"
Ensoniq ASR-10 Computer Format HD 1.44MB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_COMP_800 |
Ensoniq
EPS 16+/Classic DD Ensoniq
ASR-10 [Computer Format] DD Ensoniq
VFX-SD Ensoniq
SD-1 |
Matt
Savard, Markus Dimdal, H Mandingo Gary
Giebler Gary
Giebler |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_COMP_1600 |
Ensoniq
Computer Format HD 1600kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
NO |
FX_ENS_COMP_1440 |
Ensoniq
ASR-10, EPS, KS32, KT, SQ1, SQ2, SQ80, VFX-SD 1440kB |
Markus
Dimdal |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_MIRAGE |
Ensoniq
Mirage 440kB |
Claude
Climer, Kris ///E-Synthesist |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_SD1_HD |
Ensoniq
SD-1 (HD-disk) 800kB |
Danyel
Gloser |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_SQ80 |
Ensoniq
SQ80 880kB |
Eric Nevarez, Gary Giebler |
|
YES |
FX_ENS_TS12 |
Ensoniq
TS12 1540kB |
Dominic |
|
YES |
FX_EXEL_640 |
Exelvision
640kB |
Fabien
Neck |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_SSSD40T |
FLEX
SSSD 40T 100kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_DSSD40T |
FLEX
DSSD 40T 200kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_SSDD40T |
FLEX
SSDD 40T 178kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_DSDD40T |
FLEX
DSDD 40T 356kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_SSSD80T |
FLEX
SSSD 80T 200kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_DSSD80T |
FLEX
DSSD 80T 400kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_SSDD80T |
FLEX
SSDD 80T 358kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_FLEX_DSDD80T |
FLEX
DSDD 80T 716kB |
Ron
Bihler, Ian Blythe, Michael Evenson, Dell W. Setzer |
|
YES |
FX_GEM_S2S3 |
GEM
S2/S3 synthesizer 1600kB |
Alexander
Burgwedel |
|
YES |
FX_GRAVO_ISIS |
Gravograph
ISIS 640kB |
Patrick
Poncet |
|
YES |
FX_GRAVO_VX |
Gravograph
VX 320kB |
Norman
Bruggner |
|
YES |
FX_GREC_EZ_410 |
Greco
Systems EZ-FILE 41-track |
Robert
M. Woodruff |
|
YES |
FX_GREC_EZ_810 |
Greco
Systems EZ-FILE 81-track |
Robert
M. Woodruff |
|
YES |
FX_CPM22_800_I3 |
Heath
H-89 CP/M 2.2 I3 800kB |
Rich
Lentz |
|
YES |
FX_H89_HDOS600 |
Heath
H-89 HDOS 600kB - partial format |
Rich
Lentz |
|
YES |
FX_H89_HDOS640 |
Heath
H-89 HDOS 640kB |
Rich
Lentz |
|
YES |
FX_HEC_CPM_200 |
Hector
CP/M 200kB |
Yves
Fontanes |
|
YES |
FX_HEC_CPM_720 |
Hector
CP/M 720kB |
Yves
Fontanes |
|
YES |
FX_HEC_CPM_800 |
Hector
CP/M 800kB |
Yves
Fontanes |
|
YES |
FX_HIT_BIO_1040 |
Hitachi
Bio-chemical Analyzer 1040kB |
M.
Heidari |
|
YES |
FX_HP110_693 |
HP110
Portable (693kB) |
Tom
Szolyga |
|
YES |
FX_HP1000 |
HP-1000
(770kB) |
Lawrence
Uchida |
|
YES |
FX_HP2100 |
8"
HP-2100 (125kB) |
Dave
White |
|
YES |
F3_HP2100 |
3½" HP-2100 (616kB) |
Patrice
Leonard |
|
YES |
F3_HP2100 |
3½" HP-9000 Series 310 (616kB) |
Jason
Watton |
|
YES |
FX_HP9000_362 |
HP-9000
Model 362 (1540kB) |
Kelvin
Lee |
|
YES |
FX_HP9121 |
HP-9121
(270kB) |
Chuck
Magee |
|
YES |
FX_HP9121_664 |
HP-9121
DS (664kB) |
Ian
& Jo Andrews |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_XDF_1836 |
IBM OS/2 XDF (1836kB) |
Robert
McMurray |
|
YES |
FX_ICL_DRS8801 |
ICL DRS8801 CP/M-86 |
Malcolm
Surl, LuxSoft |
|
YES |
FX_IGM_6012_DD |
IGM 6012 DD-disk 800kB |
Sebastien
'PetiteAnnonceDu71' |
|
YES |
FX_IGM_6012_HD |
IGM 6012 HD-disk 800kB |
Sebastien
'PetiteAnnonceDu71' |
|
YES |
FX_IBM_TORCH_GRAD |
3½"
IBM 360kB Torch Graduate |
Chris
Richardson |
|
YES |
FX_IMS_MM1_1280 |
IMS
MM/1 1280kB |
Bob
Devries |
|
NO |
F3_KORG_01W |
3½"
Korg 01/W |
bblueth123_HIRATA |
|
NO |
F5_KORG_01W |
5¼"
Korg 01/W |
bblueth123_HIRATA |
|
YES |
FX_KORG_DSS1 |
Korg DSS-1 |
Claude Climer |
|
YES |
FX_KORG_DSM1 |
Korg
DSM-1 |
Doug
Skinner |
|
YES |
FX_KORG_T |
Korg
T-series (T1, T2, T2EX, T3, T3EX) |
Dominic
Guss |
|
YES |
FX_LIF_1232 |
LIF
1232kB |
Bruce |
|
YES |
FX_LYNXDOS_800 |
LynxDOS
800kB |
Pete
Todd |
|
YES |
FX_MECMOR_1280 |
Mecmor Variatex 2500 1280kB |
Anton
Sinovitch |
|
YES |
FX_MOOG_TMC_BLOWMOULD |
Moog TMC Blowmould control |
Richard
Koppack |
|
YES |
FX_MORI_SEIKI |
Mori
Seiki DS DD 648kB |
Thean
Low |
|
YES |
FX_NEC_PC8801 |
NEC
PC8801 359.5kB |
Víctor
Jiménez Pérez |
|
YES |
FX_NEC_PC9801 |
NEC
PC9801 UV DMF HD |
Christopher
J M Robertson |