USB floppy drive with ROOL on Pi?

How do you backup a app?

(Android)

I would have a sub directory in Apps that contains the zip downloads for earlier versions. For example Resources:$.Apps.ImpStyle.Ver413

Oh, and a plague on the houses of those who bake in forced updates

Like NCH, whose video editing software periodically does this, then needs another £25 to enable the new version.

Like NCH, whose video editing software periodically does this, then needs another £25 to enable the new version.

That kind of thing is where you block the site on your router (if that feature exists) or on the PC / Mac with a host file entry that causes the URL to resolve as something like 127.0.0.1 (localhost loopback)

Back to topic, sorry ;-)
USB Floppy is working on a Pi. Thanks to Colin. Look here.
But ADFS discs not readable.
I use the stuff from here to make floppyimages on an PC with a buildin floppy drive. All is working.
If I try to use it with this USB Floppy, the ADFS disc is not readable.

But ADFS discs not readable.

Yes, this is expected. The drive needs explicit support for all disc/sector/track formats, and there are no known USB floppies that have such support for ADFS, they are all DOS 1.44MiB/720KiB only.

I use the stuff from here to make floppyimages on an PC with a buildin floppy drive. All is working. If I try to use it with this USB Floppy, the ADFS disc is not readable.

Direct access to the floppy is needed for this to work (i.e. classic 34pin Shugart interface and a programmable floppy disc controller). Keep your old WinXP systems. Or your Risc PC of course :-)

Same problem for RISC OS emulators on PCs of course. Direct floppy access only works with “real” floppy drives, not with USB floppies.

Is there a downloadable version of the USB module?Tks

Is there a downloadable version of the USB module?

Have send a question to Colin. He has upload usbstack7 again.
Works with my USB Floppy.

Tks for that :-)

Does anyone remember downloading the ‘Acorn USB pic floppy file’?

Any recommended good ‘USB pic’ programming books? – Tks

Note a interesting link about floppy disc drive reading – on IconBar.

[Edit]

If anyone has any ideas about improving the sensitivity of the Floppy Disc Drives – it might be useful :-)

As a note has anyone had a go at driving a ‘Greaseweazle’ board for plugging into a Floppy drive with RO?

The Chris Evans team pointed to above (not CJE) are looking for poorly floppy Discs to play with. :-)

There is an interesting manual about the in’s and out’s of a Floppy drive on the linked site.
It’s in PDF format – the text is there and can saved out using !Pdf – but it looks as if is using dot matrix font.

Using ‘Calibre’ file converter on Win10 to say Docx – it seems to be a sprite for every page :-(

Does EasyWriter handle Docx files yet?

Which of the RO editors is best setup to write manuals?

Would be nice to be able to read aloud the text.

Does EasyWriter handle Docx files yet?

Straight off MW’s web site:

Improved MS Word (.docx) import

Hmm seem to have v9.12 – no info on loading Docx files.

Hmm seem to have v9.12 – no info on loading Docx files.

Here one double-clicks on them and they load – what’s to know?

TechWriter 9.12.

File type – err look in EasyWriter !Boot MSWordX

Note Rick’s strip down of a USB floppy drive – anyone found a manual of such a drive?

Has the updates to RO to allow USB floppy’s been added to main sources?