Hi all,
I installed a GOTEK SFRM72-TU100K in my Philips NMS 8250. I didn't understand how to use the software, that came with it, so I downloaded software from the IPCAS website (Batch Manage Tool V1.40). After that I succeeded in formatting an USB-drive, copy disk-images and files to it and even reading these virtual disks with my MSX computer. But still I'm encountering some problems:
- on my MSX I can only read one of three disk images. When I select disk 00, 03, 06, etc. using the two front buttons, I can read and write to the virtual disks with, according to the IPCAS software, serial numbers 000, 002, 004, etc.. This means I am able to use only 33 of the promised 100 virtual disks on one USB drive. When I select any other number on the emulator (01,02,04,etc.) I will get a "Disk i/o error" when I type "FILES". The diskimages with odd numbers, as well as the diskimages above number 066 (as viewed with the IPCAS software) can't be adressed with the fdd emulator in my MSX.
- I can't copy files from the real disk drive (in fact an old PC drive that I have put in my MSX as b: drive) to the emulated disk drive. Well, I can copy one file (using copy "a:example.ext" to "b:"), but after that I receive a "Disk offline" when I try to access the drive. When I reselect the same virtual disk (by pushing the right button ten times) I can see that the file has actually been copied.
- Is it usual that I hear the b-drive humming when I acces the a-drive, or may I have connected the drives wrongly to the main board?
Does anybody have similar experiences with this gotek device? Or am I doing something wrong?
regards, Theo
