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From Sergey Orlov To All 9 January 2002

─ ── ─────════ Hayushki, dear All! ════────── ── ─ _1_ I haven’t followed the development of Spec’s software for a long time, so I’m interested in: Is it possible to fully work with FTN on Specki, in particular, support screw software? If so, which one? _2_ What is the most supported HDD connection scheme now, or no screw at all doesn't connect? With all sorts of vignettes and regards, _/Sergey Orlov/_ aka _/Graf/_ [I.ZX] [Team DNU/RFF] [Team Sleep] [Team ZX] [Team RINet]

From Oleg Grigoriev To Aleksandr Majorov 13 January 2002

Let your enemies, Aleksandr, die without sons! 12 Jan 2002 at 15:56, Aleksandr Majorov => Kirill Frolov: KF>> The only FTN software, Dickie, does not work through 3d13, it KF>> works via rst 16 (in iS-DOS). AM> And rst16 in Iz-Dos, in turn, works through what? ;) via a block device driver, which no one in their right mind does at 0x3d13 will not sharpen. rtfm. WBR, Oleg.

From Sergey Orlov To All 19 January 2002

─ ── ─────════ Khayushki, dear Aleksandr! ════────── ── ─ 18 Jan 02 00:05, Aleksandr Kolotukhin -> Sergey Orlov: SO>> Okay. And what do the owners of non-scorpios who get SMUC in SO>> will it fail anyway? AK> Kais have their own version of the HDD controller. Contact Nemo. :) I see. That is, we have 3 screw connection schemes: SMUC, Kaevskaya and from ZF#8. I right? Are Formatovskaya and Kaevskaya the same thing? If not, is there more fresh support for the format scheme, in addition to what is available in the format itself? SO>> If necessary, we know how to solder... AK> Solder scorpion and relish. ;)) AK> In fact, the few software that are designed for HDD (special commanders AK> such as Light hdd commander, Vega commander and a couple of other small utilities), AK> made for Skoppovsky HDD. And the hard drive works under is-dos. That is, as I understand the work of a modern spektrumist in the FTN network and with a screw: 1. Kaevskaya scheme (ZF#8???) + Dickie. Editor? Distillation to tr-dos and beyond Lara? 2. Scorpio scheme and work with tr-dos dimket images in the usual set "melon + lara". Correct me where I'm wrong, because I haven't followed the development for about a year platforms.And about the scorpion, I have a very vague idea about the operation of the screw on it, Enlighten those who are not too lazy. With all sorts of vignettes and regards, _/Sergey Orlov/_ aka _/Graf/_ [I.ZX] [Team DNU/RFF] [Team Sleep] [Team ZX] [Team RINet] [Team Dream's] [Team Kerch]

From Kirill Frolov To Sergey Orlov 26 January 2002

Press RESET immediately, Sergey! 22 Jan 02 22:38, Sergey Orlov wrote to Kirill Frolov: KF>> No. Formatovskaya is Kaevskaya with errors. That is KF>> inoperative. SO> Got it. Is it possible to get a working one? Or indicate errors? = X.MAIL (2:5030/827.2) ========================================================== X.MAIL = Msg : 195 of 195 Rcv Pvt From : Alexey Polonskiy 500:152/5.2 30 Mar 01 00:44:16 To: Kirill Frolov 500:812/1.507 06 Apr 01 07:31:30 Subj: WHO DOESN'T WORK WITH NEMOV'S CONTROLLER? WHO DID NOT WORK FOR? ================================================================================ Greetings, Kirill! I answer those from the HARDWARE.ZX aria KF> of the IOWR signal. And the IR22 register which ^^^^ according to the diagram it costs IR23 or it doesn’t matter what put? KF> 1. Return the circuit to its original form (so that everything is the same KF> No, otherwise it makes no sense). done. KF> 2. Doesn't work? This is very good! It’s not that it doesn’t work, but it’s specifically buggy ;( KF> 3. RESET is applied to the screw directly, bypassing the chip KF> AP5. done.KF> 4. Instead of RESET through the AP5 chip (to the same KF> contacts) skipped KF> IOWR signal directly from the ID7 decoder and only then KF> goes to the rest of the circuit. based on a circuit from I don’t remember which zx format, I cut off leg 13 D2 from the resistor R1, applied to 8:D6, removed from leg 12 and applied to resistor R1 after the break, right? KF> 5. Signals HA2 and IORD passing through AP5 change KF> in some places. That is, HA2 must KF> as a result, go through the AP5 controlled half KF> by EBL signal, and IORD through constant KF> included half. But here I didn’t understand, write more specifically, please, as I didn’t do after that when accessing the screw immediately hangs ;( KF> 6. Turn on, test... It's better, but still glitches ;( KF> 7. TESTING DISK RECORDING ON LARGE FILES, counting KF> CRC, check if it’s broken. KF> It is better to do it in iS-DOS on such a partition of the hard drive KF> which you don’t mind accidentally ruining! KF> 8. We write the report in the echo, in the soap...KF> 9. For greater reliability (and even more so if in paragraph 7 KF> there were problems) at the input of the OE chip KF> IR22 (the one connected by outputs to the higher one i.e. D4? KF> half of the screw data bus) instead of IORW KF> an INVERTED IORD signal is supplied. That is on Should this IOR/ be taken immediately from 5:D6 for inversion or after resistor R2? KF> the board will need to be supplied 1533ЛH1 or KF> something similar. KF> 10. EVERYTHING. This is what happened - from the above, I passed IOW/ through AP5 and submitted on 1:D4 instead of IOW/ inverted IOR/, with point 5 it didn’t work out for me ;( As a result, a device began to be created stably (program create.com) with the check, before it often froze at the very end. Otherwise everything is as before i.e. when recording a large number of files, somewhere after the 12-15th file instead of the name and the expansion, all sorts of garbage appeared, after which nothing is usually recorded. If the program coca.com throws everything from the floppy disk onto the screw, then I often fall out error 86. Errors 108 and 105 were thrown several more times. True, once I managed to get everything off the floppy disk, but for some reason only on device E: when trying to do the same with device C: glitches started.p.s. screw conner periferals 170mb, auto detect sees all screw parameters right. All the best. Comrade STALIN. Fri 30 Mar 2001 -+- Lara Croft mail editor v4.50 for ZX-Spectrum + Origin: "Byte" personal computer... (500:152/5.2) We present to your attention a diagram hard drive IDE controller produced by by (C)Nemo, for computers with system bus type Nemo-bus. ╔═══════════════════════ ╦═══════════════════════╗ ║ D4 ║ D5 ║ ║ ┌──┬──┬──┐ ║ ┌──┬──┬──┐ ║ ║ D0 3│ │RG│ │ 2 HD 8║HD 8 3│ │RG│ │ 2 D0 ║ ║──────┤D0│ │Q0├───────╢───────┤D0│ │Q0├──────╢ ║ D1 4│ │ │ │ 5 HD 9║HD 9 4│ │ │ │ 5 D1 ║ ║──────┤D1│ │Q1├───────╢───────┤D1│ │Q1├──────╢ ║ D2 7│ │ │ │ 6 HD10║HD10 7│ │ │ │ 6 D2 ║ ║──────┤D2│ │Q2├───────╢───────┤D2│ │Q2├──────╢ ║ D3 8│ │ │ │ 9 HD11║HD11 8│ │ │ │ 9 D3 ║ ║──────┤D3│ │Q3├───────╢───────┤D3│ │Q3├──────╢ ║ D4 13│ │ │ │12 HD12║HD12 13│ │ │ │12 D4 ║ ║──────┤D4│ │Q4├───────╢───────┤D4│ │Q4├──────╢ ║ D5 14│ │ │ │15 HD13║HD13 14│ │ │ │15 D5 ║ ║──────┤D5│ │Q5├───────╢───────┤D5│ │Q5├──────╢ ║ D6 17│ │ │ │16 HD14║HD14 17│ │ │ │16 D6 ║║──────┤D6│ │Q6├───────╢───────┤D6│ │Q6├──────╢ ║ D7 18│ │5 │ │19 HD15║HD15 18│ │5 │ │19 D7 ║ ║──────┤D7│5 │Q7├───────╢───────┤D7│5 │Q7├──────╢ ║WRH 11├──┤5 │ │ ║ IOR 11├──┤5 │ │ ┌─╢ ║──────o C│ │ │ ║───────o C│ │ │ │ ║ ║IOW/ 1│ │NP│ │ ║ RDH 1│ │NP│ │ R │ ║ ║──────oOE│23│ │ ║───────oOE│23│ │ E │ ║ ║ └──┴──┴──┘ ║ └──┴──┴──┘ S │ ║ ║ D3 ║ D6.1 E │ ║ ║ D7 2┌──┬──┬──┐18 HD 7║RES/ 8┌──┬──┬──┐12 T │ ║ ║──────┤A0│ │Q0├───────╢──────┤A0│ │B0├─────┘ ║ ║ D6 3│ │ │ │17 HD 6║A7 6│ │ │ │14 HA2 ║ ║──────┤A1│ │Q1├───────╢──────┤A1│ │B1├───────╢ ║ D5 4│ │ │ │16 HD 5║A6 4│ │ │ │16 HA1 ║ ║──────┤A2│ │Q2├───────╢──────┤A2│5 │B2├───────╢ ║ D4 5│ │ │ │15 HD 4║A5 2│ │5 │ │18 HA0 ║ ║──────┤A3│ │Q3├───────╢──────┤A3│5 │B3├───────╢ ║ D3 6│ │ │ │14 HD 3║ │ │ │ │ IOR/║ ║──────┤A4│ │Q4├───────╢ GND 1├──┤АП│ │ ┌────╢ ║ D2 7│ │ │ │13 HD 2║ ─────oOE│5 │ │ ┌┴┐ ║ ║──────┤A5│ │Q5├───────╢ └──┴──┴──┘ │ │R2 ║ ║ D1 8│ │ │ │12 HD 1║ D6.2 └┬┘ ║ ║──────┤A6│ │Q6├───────╢A3 11┌──┬──┬──┐9 │ CS0║ ║ D0 9│ │5 │ │11 HD 0║──────┤A0│ │B0├──┼────╢ ║──────┤A7│5 │Q7├───────╢A4 13│ │ │ │7 │ CS1║║EBL 19├──┤5 │ │ IOW/║──────┤A1│ │B1├──┼────╢ ║──────o C│ │ │ ┌──╢IOR 15│ │ │ │5 │HA1 ║ ║IOR 1│ │АП│ │ │ ║──────┤A2│5 │B2├──┘ ║ ║──────oOE│6 │ │ ┌┴┐ ║ +5 17│ │5 │ │3 IQGE/║ ║ └──┴──┴──┘ R1│ │ ║ ─────┤A3│5 │B3├───────╢ ║ D2 └┬┘ ║ │ │ │ │ ║ ║ ┌──┬──┬──┐ │ ║EBL 19├──┤АП│ │ ║ ║ A0 1│ │ │ │15 │ ║──────oOE│5 │ │ ║ ║───────┤A0│ │0 o── │ ║ └──┴──┴──┘ ║ ║ RD/ 2│ │ │ │14 │ ║ D1 ║ ║───────┤A1│ │1 o── │ ║ ┌──┬──┬──┐ ║ ║ WR/ 3│ │ │ │13 │ ║ GND 1│ │ │ │15 ║ ║───────┤A2│ │2 o───┘ ║ ──────┤A0│ │0 o── ║ ║ │ │ │ │12 WRH║ DOS/ 2│ │ │ │14 ║ ║ │ │ │3 o──────╢───────┤A1│ │1 o── ║ ║ │ │ │ │11 IOR║ +5 3│ │ │ │13 ║ ║ │ │1 │4 o──────╢ ──────┤A2│ │2 o── ║ ║ M1/ 6├──┤5 │ │10 RDH║ │ │ │ │12 ║ ║───────┤E3│3 │5 o──────╢ │ │ │3 o── ║ ║IORQ/ 5│ │3 │ │ 9 ║ │ │ │ │11 ║ ║───────oE2│ │6 o─── ║ │ │1 │4 o── ║ ║ EBL 4│ │NД│ │ 8 ║ M1/ 6├──┤5 │ │10 ║ ║───────oE1│7 │6 o─── ║───────┤E3│3 │5 o── ║ ║ └──┴──┴──┘ ║ A2 5│ │3 │ │ 9 EBL║ ║───────oE2│ │6 o──────╜H1 AST ║ A1 4│ │ND│ │ 8 ┌──┤>├──────────────╢───────oE1│7 │6 o─── │ ┌───┐ CS1 ║ └──┴──┴──┘ ┌┴┐ ┌┴┐ └───────╢ │ │ R3 │ │ R5 ╠══════════╗ ┌──┬────────┐ └┬┘ └┬┘ ║ ║ │n │ CIRCUIT │ +5 │ │ ║ ║RESET ├──┼────────┤ ──┼───┬───┤ ║ ║──────┤ 1│ RESET │ │ │ │ ║ ║GND ├──┼────────┤ │C1 │C2┌┴┐ ║ ║ ─────┤ 2│ GND │ ═╪═ ═╪═ │ │ R6 ║ ║HD7 ├──┼────────┤ │ │ └┬┘ CS2 ║ ║──────┤ 3│ HD7 │ │ │ └───────────╢ ║HD8 ├──┼────────┤ GND├───┘ ║ ║──────┤ 4│ HD8 │ ─┴─ ╔════════╝ ║HD6 ├──┼────────┤ ║ ║──────┤ 5│ HD6 │ ┌──────┬───┐ ║ ┌──────┬───┐ ║HD9 ├──┼────────┤ │ CHAIN │ │ ║ │ CHAIN │ │ ║──────┤ 6│ HD9 │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║HD5 ├──┼────────┤ │ │ 1B├─ ║ │ │ 1A├─ ║──────┤ 7│ HD5 │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║HD10 ├──┼────────┤ │ │ 2B├─ ║ │ │ 2A├─ ║──────┤ 8│ HD10 │ ├──────┼───┤ D7 ║ ├──────┼───┤ +5 ║HD4 ├──┼────────┤ │ D7 │ 3B├────────╢ │ +5 │ 3A├───── ╢──────┤ 9│ HD4 │├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ DOS/║HD11 │──┼────────┤ │ │ 4B├─ ║ │ DOS/ │ 4A├──────╢──────┤10│ HD11 │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║HD3 │──┼────────┤ │ │ 5B├─ ║ │ │ 5A├─ ║──────┤11│ HD3 │ ├──────┼───┤ D0 ║ ├──────┼───┤ GND ║HD12 │──┼────────┤ │ D0 │ 6B├────────╢ │ GND │ 6A├─┬─── ║──────┤12│ HD12 │ ├──────┼───┤ D1 ║ ├──────┼───┤ │ ║HD2 │──┼────────┤ │ D1 │ 7B├────────╢ │ GND │ 7A├─┘ ║──────┤13│ HD2 │ ├──────┼───┤ D2 ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║HD13 │──┼────────┤ │ D2 │ 8B├────────╢ │ │ 8A├─ ║──────┤14│ HD13 │ ├──────┼───┤ D6 ║ ├──────┼───┤ A0 ║HD1 │──┼────────┤ │ D6 │ 9B├────────╢ │ A0 │ 9A├──────╢──────┤15│ HD1 │ ├──────┼───┤ D5 ║ ├──────┼───┤ A1 ║HD14 │──┼────────┤ │ D5 │10B├────────╢ │ A1 │10A├──────╢──────┤16│ HD14 │ ├──────┼───┤ D3 ║ ├──────┼───┤ A2 ║HD0 │──┼────────┤ │ D3 │11B├────────╢ │ A2 │11A├──────╢──────┤17│ HD0 │ ├──────┼───┤ D4 ║ ├──────┼───┤ A3 ║HD15 │──┼────────┤ │ D4 │12B├────────╢ │ A3 │12A├──────╢──────┤18│ HD15 │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ IQGE/║GND │──┼────────┤ │ │13B├─ ║ │IQGE/ │13A├──────╢────┬─┤19│ GND │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ GND ║ │ │──┼────────┤ │ │14B├─ ║ │ GND │14A├───── ║ │ ┤20│ KEY │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║ │ │──┼────────┤ │ │15B├─ ║ │ │15A├─ ║ │ ┤21│ DMARQ │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║ │ │──┼────────┤ │ │16B├─ ║ │ │16A├─ ║ ├─┤22│ GND │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║IOW/│ │──┼────────┤ │ IORQ/│17B├────────╢ │ │17A├─ ║────┼─┤23│ IOW/ │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║ │ │──┼────────┤ │ RD/ │18B├────────╢ │ │18A├─ ║ ├─┤24│ GND │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║IOR/│ ├──┼────────┤ │ WR/ │19B├────────╢ │ │19A├─ ║─┬──┼─┤25│ IOR/ │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ RES/║ │ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │20B├─ ║ │ RES/ │20A├──────╢ │ ├─┤26│ GND │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ A7 ║┌┴┐R│ ├──┼────────┤ │ │21B├─ ║ │ A7 │21A├──────╢│ │4│ ┤27│IOCHRDY/│ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ A6 ║└┬┘ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │22B├─ ║ │ A6 │22A├──────╢ │ │ ┤28│ ALE │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ A5 ║ │ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │23B├─ ║ │ A5 │23A├──────╢ +5 │ ┤29│ DMACK │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ A4 ║ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ M1/ │24B├────────╢ │ A4 │24A├──────╢ ├─┤30│ GND │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │25B├─ ║ │ │25A├─ ║ │ ┤31│ IRQ │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │26B├─ ║ │ │26A├─ ║ │ ┤32│ HI016/ │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║HA1 │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │27B├─ ║ │ │27A├─ ║────┼─┤33│ HA1 │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ ║ │ ├──┼────────┤ │ +5 │28B├─────── ║ │ │28A├─ ║ │ ┤34│ PDIAG/ │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ +5 ║HA0 │ ├──┼────────┤ │ │29B├─ ║ │ +5 │29A├───── ║────┼─┤35│ HA0 │ ├──────┼───┤ ║ ├──────┼───┤ GND ║HA2 │ ├──┼────────┤ │ GND │30B├─────── ║ │ GND │30A├───── ║────┼─┤36│ HA2 │ └──────┴───┘ └──────┴───┘ ║CS0 │ ├──┼────────┤ ║────┼─┤37│ CS0/ │ R1,R2 56 Oм ║CS1 │ ├──┼────────┤ R3 330 Oм ║────┼─┤38│ CS1/ │ R4,R5,R6 820 Oм ║ACT │ ├──┼────────┤ C1,C2 0.1 МКФ ╙────┼─┤39│ ACTIV/ │ │ ├──┼────────┤ └─┤40│ GND │

From Valerij Kozhevnikoff To Kirill Frolov 30 January 2002

Hello, Kirill! 29 Jan 02 00:28, Kirill Frolov -> Sergey Orlov: SO>>>> Got it. Is it possible to get a working one? Or indicate errors? SO>> [Forwards are carefully saved on the screw...] SO>> Thank you, we'll look into it. Are format drivers rolling? KF> Use only drivers from Leontiev (C) NEMO. KF> You can recognize them by their slowness. Kozhevnikovsky quick contain KF> fatal error in recalculating the propeller geometry. There are mistakes in your head. To begin with, before reading the source, I would take the trouble translate it from 866 to your KOI8, everything is written in Russian in the comments there. >> Below my answers begin with ">>". ······------====== Monitor glass cutter ======------······ Press RESET immediately, Valerij! I finally found Jason.blk in raw materials. And it seems I understood (see my letters in REAL.SPECCY) why ide+.blk and Jason.blk do not see disks from each other! WHAT YEAR IS IT? >> 1999. BEFORE THIS, THERE WERE OLD VERSIONS (AROUND THE END OF 98, BEGINNING OF 99)? >> It wasn’t. This is the only one. Further questions in the text (highlighted): ;(c) Jason. ;idenemo.blk ;HDD IDE driver for IsDOS. ;NEMO controller supported.;Direct HDD access used. DEFW INSTL ;16 system bytes DEFW BREAD DEFW BWRITE DEFW INIT DEFB #E0 ;driver status bytes DEFB #04 ;disk drive rudiments DEFW #0000 ;offset to IM2 DEFB #FC ;trdos type DEFB #04 ;number of R/W attempts DEFW #0000 ;-----------------------;header format saved HEAD DEFB #00 ;geometry. number of heads SECTOR DEFB #00 ;sectors HDDMAP DEFW 0 ;initial device cylinders DEFW 0 DEFW 0 DEFW 0 DEFW 0 DEFW 0 DEFW 0 DEFW 0 > QCYLND DEFW #0270 ;number of BLOCKS per cyl.! > DEFB #FA,#02 ;??? unclear ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dw 0x02fa what is this? >> A Kh.Z. Maybe some kind of signature. Leontyev does this. It doesn’t seem to be used anywhere. And why is QCYLND a constant and not zero? >> Well, enter zero. ide_tune will probably enter the constant there again. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ According to the text, QCYLND does not change, which means that there is a given constantdefined as QHeads*QSectors must be correct for all drives, which naturally won’t happen! > B A G !!! P R A S H Y B A G !!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Or am I wrong? >> Damn. QCYLND is precisely a constant equal to twice the product of two >> other constants: HEAD and SECTOR. The question is: where to spend the bars? >> calculating this constant every time? This constant is entered there >> ide_tune.com. Let KAY owners check it out. Enter disk doctor there >> something, then configure the driver and look again. If this is "something" >> has changed, so this is not a bug. > CURDEV DEFW #0000 ;start. cyl. current devices > CURDRV DEFB #A0 ;current mask drive ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHY IS IT CONSTANT AGAIN? >> And so that the external tuner ide_tune.com can switch the driver without hemorrhoids >> to slave drive. Or switch CHS/LBA. Further in the text, the contents are entered into the device/head register. Contents 0xa0 means head=0, device=0, lba_mode=0.Judging by the text, the contents of CURDRV do not change... :-/ >>What are you talking about? LD A,(CURDRV) OR D LD D,A ;drive/head in D [...] D.I. POP HL LD A,D ;write the task file OUT (#D0),A ;drive/head >> Let me explain: I didn’t change the driver header! Mine are only offal! ······------====== Monitor glass cutter ======------······ WBR, Jason. [Team Death metal] [Team Obituary] [Team Friday 13th] [Team Huge Axes]

From Kirill Frolov To Valerij Kozhevnikoff 5 February 2002

Press RESET immediately, Valerij! 30 Jan 02 19:55, Valerij Kozhevnikoff wrote to Kirill Frolov: SO>>>>> Got it. Is it possible to get a working one? Or point out errors? SO>>> [Forwards are carefully saved on the screw...] SO>>> Thanks, we'll look into it. Are format drivers rolling? KF>> Use only drivers from Leontiev (C) NEMO. KF>> You can recognize them by their slowness. Kozhevnikovsky fast KF>> contain a fatal error in recalculating the propeller geometry. VK> There are mistakes in your head. To begin with, before reading the source VK> would take the trouble to translate it from 866 to your KOI8, everything is there in the comments VK> written in Russian. If you have something against koi-8, just say so - I’ll tweet you right away I'll add it. I look at your driver from the user’s position (getting inside is no longer an issue energy or time). I download it, create a disk... but Leontievsky doesn’t see it. :-/ So it’s crooked driver. Leontievsky is exactly straight, because disks created by it on the PC are read successfully. At least prove something to me here - but it doesn’t work, its disk sectors are like they are written at random. Where are the mistakes in my head? Maybe it works correctly with other screws, there CHS is different,but with mine it’s wrong. As I understand it, this is an error in the conversion of LBA to CHS. VK> WHAT YEAR IS IT? >>> 1999. And it’s not clear about the year. I got it (from the Internet) at the very beginning of 1999 or earlier. Later I gave up, and the firewood lay on a soft disk that no one had cared for for a couple of years. touched. MAYBE THERE REALLY WERE OLD TEST VERSIONS AND THIS IS THE ONE I GOT? VK> BEFORE THIS THERE WERE OLD VERSIONS (AROUND THE END OF 98, BEGINNING OF 99 VK> YEAR) ? >>> It wasn’t. This is the only one. So everything is buggy??? >> QCYLND DEFW #0270 ;number of BLOCKS per cyl.! >> DEFB #FA,#02 ;??? unclear VK> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VK> dw 0x02fa what is this? >>> A Kh.Z. Maybe some kind of signature. Leontyev does this. It seems like nowhere >>> yuzano. What does Leontyev have to do with it, if there is documentation? It seemed that this driver was written in such a way that no one understood how it can work at all. And then it was not tested at all. Was released, or to me so unfortunate without documentation. Of course, I’m to blame for all the bugs - I don’t care about any left-field software use if availablein the distribution kit isdosa is normal. For some reason it seems to me again that there is no more once I was right... VK> And why is there a constant in QCYLND and not zero? >>> Well, enter zero. ide_tune will probably enter the constant there again. So you don’t know yourself? ide-tune somehow reconfigures Leontief drivers that are already configured, and yours can't? This constant was incorrect FOR MY SCREW. >>> Use Disk Doctor to write something there, then configure the driver and >>> look again. If this “something” has changed, then it’s not >>> bug. I am a simple user, I have long forgotten what a disk doctor is and how it is use... And in general I just don’t want to figure it out, I want plug-and-play and not it was buggy.

From Valerij Kozhevnikoff To Kirill Frolov 7 February 2002

Hello, Kirill! 05 Feb 02 00:34, Kirill Frolov -> Valerij Kozhevnikoff: KF> I look at your driver from the user’s position (there’s no need to get inside KF> effort and time). I download it, create a disk... but Leontievsky doesn’t see it. More details please. KF> :-/ This means the driver is crooked. Leontievsky is exactly straight, because drives to them KF> created on the PC are read successfully. At least prove something to me here - and not KF> it works, its disk sectors are written haphazardly. How exactly? And how are they read? KF> Where are the mistakes in my head? Maybe it's correct with other screws KF> works, the CHS is different there, but mine is wrong. As I understand it, this is an error KF> in LBA to CHS conversion. What kind of screw do you have? I have an idea... I saw somewhere in the Leontief driver check for 1024 cylinders. I don’t do it, because I don’t care. Maybe this is exactly why the explanation is that one person with a 2 GB screw does not have Leontief drivers worked, unlike mine? VK>> BEFORE THIS THERE WERE OLD VERSIONS (AROUND THE END OF 98, BEGINNING OF 99 VK>> YEAR) ? >>>> It wasn’t. This is the only one. KF> So everything is buggy??? Where?>>> QCYLND DEFW #0270 ;number of BLOCKS per cyl.! >>> DEFB #FA,#02 ;??? unclear VK>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ VK>> dw 0x02fa what is this? >>>> A Kh.Z. Maybe some kind of signature. Leontyev does this. It seems like nowhere >>>> yuzano. KF> What does Leontiev have to do with it, if there is documentation? Give me the documentation here. KF> It seemed that this driver was written in a way that no one understood KF> how can it even work. ide+3.blk was disassembled, its header and its own code were taken. KF> And then it was not tested in any way. OH. Whatsnew.txt read. ······------====== Monitor glass cutter ======------······ WHAT'S NEW IN iS-DOSe [...] 1999 29.4.99: Driver adopted IDE HDD Jason.blk (Moscow), which gives rooting up to 1.65 times in reading operations writing/copying: Tests: 1. Copy disk to disk (15 MB) from using abc.com - 1.65 times 2. Checking the disk with prog bad: in 1.4 3. Loading an electronic disk image 1.3 times (7 seconds instead of 9) 4. Checksum verification (9.7 MB)by 13% (2'58" instead of 3'25") 5. Copy directory (coca, 4286 blocks, 243 files) by 6.5% However, this driver has no brakes (Break not tracked) and almost never tested crashed on bad sectors. Therefore, please piss off, if you want, at your own peril and risk. [...] 15.5.99: ide+5.blk - Accelerated by method Jason. Almost as fast, but with brakes and made from tested- ny predecessors. SPEED CHARACTERISTICS OF DRIVERS: Special tests: 0.1 16368 kB (16kB each) Linear READ TEST ide+4 117" =140 kbps ide+5 78" =210 kbps 1.50 times Jason 73" =224 kbps at 1.60 (another 6.5%) 0.2 16368 blks 16kB REPEAT READ TEST ide+4 107" =153 kbps ide+5 68" =241 kbps 1.57 times Jason 66" =248 kbps at 1.62 (3 more%) ed128 58" =282 kbps another 12% 0.3 10608kB Linear WRITE TEST ide+4 101" =105 kbps ide+5 52" =204 kbps 1.94 times Jason 45" =236 kbps at 2.24 (another 13.5%) (ed128 282 kbps another 17%) Real tasks: 1. bad.com 65520 blks (READ) ide+4 138" =118 kbps ide+5 99" =165 kbps (1.39 times) Jason 99" =165 kbps ed128 81" =202 kbps floppy =14 kbps (kay.blk) 2. abc.com 7.8 MB (COPY) ide+4 159" =50 kbps ide+5 103" =77 kbps at 1.54 Jason 96" =83 kbps at 1.66 (7 more%) floppy: less than 7 kbps ······------====== Monitor glass cutter ======------······KF> It was released, or so it happened to me, without documentation. Did you see the comments in the source? VK>> And why is there a constant in QCYLND and not zero? >>>> Well, enter zero. ide_tune will probably enter the constant there again. KF> So you don’t know yourself? I don't have a computer KAY! I have a scorpion, and I am a Kaevsky driver from mine remade the scorpion! KF> ide-tune somehow reconfigures Leontief drivers that are already configured KF> but yours can’t? This constant was incorrect FOR MY SCREW. ide-tune what version? WBR, Jason. [Team Death metal] [Team Obituary] [Team Friday 13th] [Team Huge Axes]

From Dima Zaycev To All 24 March 2003

Hallo All There is a screw SAMSUNG WN310820A there are a lot of bad things on it, I don’t know why, they gave it to me. Is it possible to somehow revive him? Thanks in advance with respect Dmitry.

From Dima Zaycev To All 23 September 2003

Hallo All Can someone tell me where I can get the firmware for the screws? Quantum Fireball Plus LM GTLA:LM15A011-01-A 15.0AT Quantum ProDrive LPS240A GM240A01X A search on I-net yielded nothing. Thanks in advance with respect Dmitry.

From Eugene Palenock To Dima Zaycev 24 September 2003

Hello Dima! 23 Sep 03 07:21, Dima Zaycev -> All: DZ> Maybe someone can tell me where I can get the firmware for the screws DZ> Quantum Fireball Plus LM GTLA:LM15A011-01-A 15.0AT DZ> Quantum ProDrive LPS240A GM240A01X +SU.HARDW.HDD.REPAIR +SU.HARDW.PC.MEDIA I think there was a forum on mhdd.net Only, usually people don’t scatter firmware to everyone they meet. Because those who have them make a lot of money from it. Now, if you are also a repairman and you have some supplies, they may change... DZ> A search in I-net did not yield anything. Finding a specific model of screw and board there is unrealistic. Because in every model Moreover, there were a dozen or more screw versions of the boards... PS why do you need firmware? If she flew off, then it’s not a fact that it’s only her fault Best regards, Evgeniy.

From Kirill Frolov To Dima Zaycev 25 September 2003

Press RESET immediately, Dima Zaycev! On Tue, 23 Sep 03 06:21:02 +0400, Dima Zaycev wrote: DZ> Maybe someone can tell me where I can get the firmware for the screws DZ> Quantum Fireball Plus LM GTLA:LM15A011-01-A 15.0AT DZ> Quantum ProDrive LPS240A GM240A01X DZ> A search in I-net did not yield anything. In general, nowhere. In general, in any such drive...