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pjones1063 wrote:I was able to get the cable to work without changing any straps inside my 1040STF. The GoTek/HxC works well as drive B and the internal floppy is still Drive A. The only little issue I have is that I have no way to update the 'slots' in the HxC. I have to open my 1040STF and plug the HxC into the drive 'A' ribbon - then boot to the HxC software. Is it at all possible to update the HxC configuration, specifically the .st image files attached to each slot from a Mac or Windows 10 computer? I can plug the usb thumb drive in any Mac or Windows PC an add .st images. I just need a method to update the HxC configuration (outside of the actual GoTek/HxC host Atari Computer). More Googleing I guess
pjones1063 wrote:I was able to get the cable to work without changing any straps inside my 1040STF. The GoTek/HxC works well as drive B and the internal floppy is still Drive A. The only little issue I have is that I have no way to update the 'slots' in the HxC. I have to open my 1040STF and plug the HxC into the drive 'A' ribbon - then boot to the HxC software. Is it at all possible to update the HxC configuration, specifically the .st image files attached to each slot from a Mac or Windows 10 computer? I can plug the usb thumb drive in any Mac or Windows PC an add .st images. I just need a method to update the HxC configuration (outside of the actual GoTek/HxC host Atari Computer). More Googleing I guess
Methanoid wrote:Sorry if I am being dumb but do you mean that firmware is irrelevant, as long as HXC manager is used then the drive gets selected as whatever I want (A or B) and the internal drive just acts as the "other" one?
Jeff_HxC2001 wrote:Methanoid wrote:Sorry if I am being dumb but do you mean that firmware is irrelevant, as long as HXC manager is used then the drive gets selected as whatever I want (A or B) and the internal drive just acts as the "other" one?
Exactly !
ijor wrote:Jeff_HxC2001 wrote:Methanoid wrote:Sorry if I am being dumb but do you mean that firmware is irrelevant, as long as HXC manager is used then the drive gets selected as whatever I want (A or B) and the internal drive just acts as the "other" one?
Exactly !
I'm not sure you are talking about the same thing. If you want to swap drives, set the internal drive as B, and boot from the external Gotek as drive A, that is not possible just by software. I think Jeff is talking about managing the external drive B with the HxC manager booted from internal drive A, which is quite a different thing.
Methanoid wrote:That was what I thought could only be done by messing with some switch on the AY8912 chip?
ijor wrote:Methanoid wrote:That was what I thought could only be done by messing with some switch on the AY8912 chip?
It depends on exactly which computer. But you need to swap the drive selection signals. In some cases it is just changing some straps.
Methanoid wrote:Oh that sounds less PITA... I have two STE's - both with CA4003290 boards with square socketted 68000s... if that helps?
tzok wrote:On most STf and all STe there are jumpers on board to route the DS0 and DS1 signals to appropriate pins of external FDD connector. You mas use them, together with a DSx jumpers on the internal FDD.
ijor wrote:tzok wrote:On most STf and all STe there are jumpers on board to route the DS0 and DS1 signals to appropriate pins of external FDD connector. You mas use them, together with a DSx jumpers on the internal FDD.
Yes, but I understand those jumpers are never populated. So you still need some minimum soldering and a cutting a small trace.
Methanoid wrote:But I think that is likely to be easier/safer than either desoldering the whole AY8912 or trying snip some pins and connect wires to each end you snipped?
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