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ZoomFloppy v2.0

This is a new ZoomFloppy package v2.0 that include a new release of OpenCBM and the ZoomFloppy Firmware v0.7.

Here are the changes in the v2.0 version:

  • Many improvements and bugfixes.
  • Add support for IEEE-488 drives. Implemented by Thomas Winkler.
  • Add experimental support for 1571 serial nibbling via the SRQ protocol. Now you don’t need a parallel cable with a 1571. Implemented by Arnd Menge.
  • Add support for low-level drive analysis with a 1541 index-hole sensor. This works only on drives with a parallel port and nibtools.
  • Bugfix: cbmcopy -r or cbmread now no longer hangs at the end of a transfer.
  • Bugfix: don’t reset the bus twice if previous command was interrupted and this command is “cbmctrl reset”.
  • Bugfix: increase reset time to 100 ms to be sure all drives are reset.
  • Linux build fix for more modern kernels.

Download: OpenCBM (Win) + ZoomFloppy firmware v0.7 (1724)

Download: ZoomFloppy Manual v2.0 (1997)

source: google groups sourceforge.net tommy winkler homepage retro innovations

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  1. ATT
    September 26th, 2011 at 17:06 | #1

    YOHO! Finally, Update2 to Zoomfloppy arrived: Full SQR-Burstsupport for 1571 drives. I upgraded the firmware, upgraded the software and drivers, attached my 1571, used the following commandline:

    nibread.exe -s -D8 -I -d -e5 -k -E35 testfile.nib

    Now it transfers a diskside in 13.5 seconds! *And* lets me transfer several disks in a batch! Hooray!!!

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