Re: [hatari-devel] floppy media change on TT

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On 30 May 2019 at 20:40, Roger Burrows wrote:

> On 30 May 2019 at 22:15, Christian Zietz wrote:
>
> > Nicolas Pomarède schrieb:
> >
> > > Seeing Roger's test on his TT, where bit 4 was always 0 (ie inserted) it
> > > seems though that not all TT had a compatible drive with such pin 34..
> >
> > If Roger tested while the drive was *not* selected (via the bit in the
> > YM2149 register), even with a drive that supports that signal he would
> > have always gotten a 0. This is because, as mentioned, the drive only
> > sets this line (and therefore the bit to 1) when it's selected. At least
> > my drive does.
> >
> I will retest, making sure the drive is selected.  I probably need to write a
> test program first ...
>
OK, I've done this, and can confirm Christian's report: after a diskette is
inserted, if the drive is selected and a floppy read is done, 0xfffa81 contains
0x7f.  This value persists until a read of a different track is done, at which
point 0xfffa81 contains 0x6f.  Note: just switching to the other side of the
original track read does NOT alter the contents of 0xfffa81.

This applies to both my TTs.

Roger



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