![]() IBM disc format is something around 160KB a side. AMSDOS is also a single sided DOS because it assumes you take the disc out and turn it over. To read PC based disc format on the CPC you need a program called "DOSCopy". You ideally want to be able to put a DSK on a PC 720K disc and then on the CPC (using a 3.5" drive on the CPC) re-build it.This is possible, unfortunately I can't remember the name of the tool. Nowadays, Gotek's and HxC are used because you can put dsk directly onto a memory stick and put that into the Gotek and plug that like a drive into the CPC. So another issue is that the PC USB drives, the ones that plug into the PC, assume they are using PC disc formats and I expect FAT filesystem. So they are limited in what you can do with them. If you are writing disks on the PC the tool you need to use is CPCDiskXP, but you need a PC with an on-board floppy controller (because this is the most powerful and the tool targets that) and most likely an older version of windows such as Windows XP. Later versions of windows are unlikely to support drives and also control access to the floppy controller hardware directly. ![]() On the CPC you need a 3.5" drive and preferably a way to configure it as drive A because many games boot from drive A - although this has improved a lot in the last few years. It depends on how the emulator is accessing the drive, and also it depends on whether it is assuming a floppy controller inside the PC or a USB PC drive. I think Winape assumes a floppy controller in the PC. Also, it depends on the version of windows. On early versions of windows (95 and perhaps 98) didn't stop you accessing the floppy hardware so you could read of discs, later ones blocked this. So I guess it's a later version of windows with a USB drive and it doesn't know how to access it. My advice is save yourself loads of time, get a Gotek or HxC if you can afford one.ĮDIT: The 178KB disc format is AMSDOS's "DATA" format. It is 40 tracks, 1 side, 9 sectors per track, numbered &c1-&c9. ![]() You can only write these on PC using a tool like CPCDiskXP.ĮDIT: If you use a different DOS on CPC like ParaDOS you have more disc formats available.
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