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Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? (Developers)

posted by Zyzzle, 30.03.2024, 02:27

> 2mgui19.zip contains only single file 2MGUI.EXE
> Well I found 765DEBUG.EXE and also tried ImageDisk 1.2. It can properly
> detect disk RPM: 300 and it can seek the heads over disk but any attempt to
> read/write/format cause "Overrun" error, what does it mean? As there are no
> source available I cannot be sure it's not trying use DMA.
You may also try Disk2image:

http://www.oldskool.org/pc/disk2img

I believe the source is also in the download on that page. And, further, this program claims to bypass BIOS entirely.

I'm not sure what "overrun" means, but it sounds not related to DMA.

Complete thread:

• Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 23.03.2024, 16:56 (Developers)
  • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 28.03.2024, 00:57
    • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - Zyzzle, 28.03.2024, 02:44
      • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 28.03.2024, 05:25
      • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 28.03.2024, 05:33
        • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - rr, 29.03.2024, 13:57
        • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - Oso2k, 29.03.2024, 23:14
          • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 30.03.2024, 06:46
        • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - Zyzzle, 30.03.2024, 02:27
      • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - rr, 29.03.2024, 14:11
        • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 30.03.2024, 06:42
  • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - bretjohn, 30.03.2024, 01:12
    • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - ecm, 14.04.2024, 19:00
      • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 15.04.2024, 17:29
  • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 01.04.2024, 15:45
    • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - Laaca, 01.04.2024, 17:12
      • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 01.04.2024, 20:33
      • Is there some DOS floppy utility that doesn't rely on DMA? - RayeR, 03.04.2024, 03:06