Hi Geoff!

Thanks for replying so quickly! I have a big catalogue of software and
I'm desperate to transfer some of it to .dsk image to showcase on my
site. It really would be something.

I don't profess to be very good with the technical side of the
Einstein and computers in general!, but as it happens, before I
contacted the Einstein user group, I had a good read of Chris' advice,
and found it really helpful, so much so I decided last night to try
and connect my 3 inch Einstein drive to my computer.

I have quite a powerful computer, it's an Intel Celeron 2.53 Ghz with
1Gb of RAM, and running Windows XP with service pack 2.

I connected the Einstein drive to my computer, temporarily replacing
the original 3.5" PC Floppy drive (A:) with the Einstein one. I think
I should have connected it as B: shouldn't I? I fed it power through
the computer and hey presto so far so good! I then changed its status
in system settings to a 720K Floppy drive and the computer then
indicated in windows that it was a 5 and a quarter inch drive.

I then downloaded CPDRead, CPDWrite and also CPDDisk XP. I tried
initially to use CPDDisk XP. I put an Einstein disk in the drive and
asked the computer to read it. Well, the Einstein drive light came on
and I could hear the drive trying to read the disk! So close.... but
the program kept reporting "Error in Sector 3, Error in Sector 4...",
etc and it did not complete the read process. The progress line was
blue which I think indicated that it had not even attempted a proper
read of the disk.

CPDRead and CPDWrite tried to work but everytime I tried to read a
disk the DOS prompt just froze.

I know I'm stumbling a bit along this process, but I really thought I
had cracked it last night. Just can't seem to get the computer to
recognise the Einstein drive properly. There was no damage or
detriment to the drive at all, my computer was happy to host it. When
I reconnected my Einstein together again all was well.

Do you know what I'm doing wrong? (probably a load of things!) I know
my computer may be too powerful for this, perhaps that is the problem.
I just feel there is something silly I have not thought of which would
solve the problem.

Any help would be very much appreciated... also could I possibly
request permission to use some of those disk images you created on my
website?




--- In tatung_einstein@..., "geoff" <geoff@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mario,
>
> I can send you details of the cable later and probably make one for
> you, however, the quickest and easiest way to make DSK images is to
> install the 3" drive in your PC following Chris' instructions
> http://members.lycos.co.uk/albertstc01/3INCHWEB.htm
> Make sure you use an original Einstein drive not an Amstrad one as the
> wiring is different.
>
> Then you can use either CPDRead under DOS (details on the same link
> above),
> or
> CPCDiskXP under winXP (details on Chris' homepage here -
> http://members.lycos.co.uk/albertstc01/ )
>
> This will be faster than copying the data over the RS232 and will save
> you from having to make a cable.
>
> I have the details for the RS232 cable and in fact have one connecting
> my PC to an Einstein at the moment. I have used it to transfer many
> disks worth of files to my pc when the files were in separate "user"
> areas using the Kermit software.
>
> The public domain files I transfered are here -
> http://www.galactictourist.com/einstein
> and the ReadMe for those files is here;
> http://www.galactictourist.com/einstein/readme.txt
>
> Of course if you need to put those files onto a DSK image you can use
> Chris' fantastic EDIP program -
> http://members.lycos.co.uk/albertstc01/edip/edip.html
>
> I have a lot more Public domain software for the Einstein and I'll
> slowly get round to posting it all.
>
> I'm also nearly all the way through doing a scan and OCR of the
> original MOS/DOS manual that I'll post here when I'm finished.
>
> Regards,
> Geoff
>
>
> --- In tatung_einstein@..., "Mario Castro"
> <maz4suz2000@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I'm wanting to create Einstein .dsk images for my website. I have lots
> > of software I want to convert to PC .dsk format for the MESS emulator.
> > There is a lot of great advice on Chris' site but unfortunately I am
> > no good at sorting out the cable required to connect Einy to my PC.
> >
> > Does anybody have one or could make one for me? Obviously I would
> > reimburse any effort including postage.
> >
> > Thanks for reading!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mario Castro
> >
>