Cannot write Apple 2 images

[rittwage]

Using with a Greaseweazle and an old TEAC 40-track DD drive.

I cannot successfully write any Apple 2 disk image.

fluxengine write apple2 --140 -d drive:0 -i "D:\roms\Apple2\DOUBLETALK (RC SYSTEMS) SIDE1.DSK"

   OPTION: 140kB 5.25" 35-track SS

   IMG: read 35 tracks, 1 sides, 140 kB total from D:\roms\Apple2\DOUBLETALK (RC SYSTEMS) SIDE1.DSK
   Measuring rotational speed...
   Using Greaseweazle GW002600413538510D34393631 on COM5
   Rotational period is 200.1ms (299.8rpm)

W 0.0: writing 200 ms in 50000 bytes R 0.0: 240 ms in 61162 bytes 32 raw records, 15 raw sectors; 4.00us clock (250kHz) sectors: 0.0.0? 0.0.1? 0.0.2? 0.0.3! 0.0.4! 0.0.5! 0.0.6! 0.0.7! 0.0.8? 0.0.9! 0.0.10! 0.0.11! 0.0.12! 0.0.13! 0.0.14! 0.0.15? 2304 bytes decoded

   bad read
   retrying; 5 retries remaining

I have no problem writing Commodore D64 images with the exact same setup, so not sure why it will not write Apple GCR disks.

[davidgiven]

This looks like it's the wrong type of disk, either HD or DD. (DD disks have a stiffening ring around the centre of the cookie.) Either will work, but you need to tell it which you're using with --drive.high_density=true or =false.

[rittwage]

It is DD. I mentioned I can write Commodore D64 images with the exact same disk and drive.

[davidgiven]

I've checked and the default is high_density=true, so writing the C64 disk shouldn't have worked. Could you try both the Apple and C64 disks with high_density=false and let me know what happens?

[rittwage]

How do you change that setting? Is that just the checkbox for "this is high density disk". That is unchecked.

I also tried using the "custom button" and setting that, but it gets an error.

I attached the output of what I have used. The drive is a 40-track DD PC drive. I have an HD drive and that had a similar result, although not exactly the same.

apple.txt c64.txt

You can e-mail me directly if you prefer conversation outside github. :)

[davidgiven]

When using the GUI it's that checkbox, yes, but on the CLI you need to specify --drive.high_density=false. For a 40-track drive you should also add 40track_drive but I don't think that's the problem here:

fluxengine write apple2 40track_drive --140 -d drive:0 -i "D:\roms\Apple2\DOS 3.4 Master disk.dsk"

[rittwage]

I got a chance to try this. It didn't help.

However, I did some testing and I am able to read Apple 2 disks that are already formatted just fine. I just can't write them.

read.txt write.txt