Poll: Which is the storage system you do use ?
Poll: Which is the storage system you do use ?
Ok, there's been some talkings recently about the representation of the various kind of oric hardware, and I guess it is kind of important to know who has what, and who uses what.
Typicaly I would tend to say that a significative number of English people never cared about the Telestrat or Jasmin drive, but have a strong preference toward the Microdisc and Cumana, and probably other exotic (for me as a french) systems that were available only in UK.
On the other hand people that had a Pravetz are probably used to only the Apple 2 compatible disc drive they had.
So please just fill in the Poll so we can get a better idea of what you have.
(I just realise while doing this that PhpBB polls are really limited, you can select only one option, so please choose the one that you prefer)
It would be nice also that you indicate what are the characteristics of your disc system (Jasmin 1 or 2, single head or double head, 3" or 3.5" or 5.25", number of drives you have, etc...)
My own configuration:
An Oric Atmos connected to a single 3" Microdisc unit.
Typicaly I would tend to say that a significative number of English people never cared about the Telestrat or Jasmin drive, but have a strong preference toward the Microdisc and Cumana, and probably other exotic (for me as a french) systems that were available only in UK.
On the other hand people that had a Pravetz are probably used to only the Apple 2 compatible disc drive they had.
So please just fill in the Poll so we can get a better idea of what you have.
(I just realise while doing this that PhpBB polls are really limited, you can select only one option, so please choose the one that you prefer)
It would be nice also that you indicate what are the characteristics of your disc system (Jasmin 1 or 2, single head or double head, 3" or 3.5" or 5.25", number of drives you have, etc...)
My own configuration:
An Oric Atmos connected to a single 3" Microdisc unit.
Last edited by Dbug on Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:58 pm, edited 2 times in total.
This is why I voted "other", because "Microdisc connected to a Telestrat" seemed to refer to a 3" drive, but I couldn't find where to tell I use a 3.5" drive connected to a Telestrat ...It would be nice also that you indicate what are the characteristics of your disc system (Jasmin 1 or 2, single head or double head, 3" or 3.5" or 5.25", number of drives you have, etc...)
Technicaly it's a microdisc controller no ?Euphoric wrote:This is why I voted "other", because "Microdisc connected to a Telestrat" seemed to refer to a 3" drive, but I couldn't find where to tell I use a 3.5" drive connected to a Telestrat ...It would be nice also that you indicate what are the characteristics of your disc system (Jasmin 1 or 2, single head or double head, 3" or 3.5" or 5.25", number of drives you have, etc...)
It's a bit like plugging a 3.5" or 5.25" disc drive as secondary on a microdisc flat cable
Absolutely...It's a bit like plugging a 3.5" or 5.25" disc drive as secondary on a microdisc flat cable
But "Microdisc connected to a Telestrat" seems to either mean you try to connect a microdisc controller to a Telestrat (that already has one integrated), or that you restrict the type of disc drive to Microdisc ones (3" ones). I guess you'd better say "Telestrat" so that your list refers to disk controllers...
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I two kind of storage device for my Atmos :
- A Jasmin 2 drive with a 3,5 inch modern floppy drive that replace the original 3 inch drive.
I have to say there that the Jasmin is "Amiga" compatible, wich means that if you find a drive that works for an Amiga (500, 100, or 200), it will work as a replacement for your Jasmin
You can find some compatible, never used, just coming out from the factory here :
- http://www.amigakit.com
- http://www.vesalia.de
I see no reason why it would not work with a Microdisc too
Spread the word !!!
Those drives need some DD floppies, you can find some brand new ones by boxes of 10, 50 or 100, coming out freshly from TDK's factory and bundled with labelling stickers here :
- http://www.amigakit.com
All of this is not expensive.
Otherelse, I use my PC as a tape player/recorder on wich I convert my tap files into 11KHz wav files with my small utility.
My Atmos is really happy ^^
- A Jasmin 2 drive with a 3,5 inch modern floppy drive that replace the original 3 inch drive.
I have to say there that the Jasmin is "Amiga" compatible, wich means that if you find a drive that works for an Amiga (500, 100, or 200), it will work as a replacement for your Jasmin
You can find some compatible, never used, just coming out from the factory here :
- http://www.amigakit.com
- http://www.vesalia.de
I see no reason why it would not work with a Microdisc too
Spread the word !!!
Those drives need some DD floppies, you can find some brand new ones by boxes of 10, 50 or 100, coming out freshly from TDK's factory and bundled with labelling stickers here :
- http://www.amigakit.com
All of this is not expensive.
Otherelse, I use my PC as a tape player/recorder on wich I convert my tap files into 11KHz wav files with my small utility.
My Atmos is really happy ^^
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wrong the standard was broken pretty soon after 5.25 inch drives came out.mmu_man wrote:Jasmin is not only Amiga compatible but also PC compatible, all those drives use the standard Shuggard interface, just like Microdisk btw.
It's only the controller that is different (MFM vs other modulation) on PC or Amiga (or Mac, but Mac has some weird drives also).
there are a number of pins that can have more than one function - the amiga needs "diskchange" and "index" for example,
the pc has no need of them so not all drives support it.
also the standard supports multiple drive ID numbers, but because the damned pc twisted the cable to save customers moving any jumpers the drives started being sold without any and again - the pins not used.
the best drives are CHINNON - they are fully reconfigurable with a set of jumpers.
To carry on the debate started in the Impossible Mission thread (which seems more belonging here), I have tried to transfer a 3" disk last weekend with my tape transfer tool.
Here's what happened when I tried to plug the Microdisc:
1. On my 4 Atmoses, only 2 booted with the disk drive, the others didn't react
2. Absolutely none of my Atmoses was able to load a tape once the disk drive plugged. They loaded it fine without the disk drive, and yes I checked carefully I was using Sedoric 3 (that fixed a CLOAD bug in Sedoric).
3. It's only with an Oric-1 that I managed to load a tape with the Microdisc plugged.
Conclusion: although a fantastic tool, I'll stay away from disks on real hardware as much as I can. The daily use is really too painful and random - just like tapes some might say, but tapes work on all my Orics...
Here's what happened when I tried to plug the Microdisc:
1. On my 4 Atmoses, only 2 booted with the disk drive, the others didn't react
2. Absolutely none of my Atmoses was able to load a tape once the disk drive plugged. They loaded it fine without the disk drive, and yes I checked carefully I was using Sedoric 3 (that fixed a CLOAD bug in Sedoric).
3. It's only with an Oric-1 that I managed to load a tape with the Microdisc plugged.
Conclusion: although a fantastic tool, I'll stay away from disks on real hardware as much as I can. The daily use is really too painful and random - just like tapes some might say, but tapes work on all my Orics...