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Can floppy work in nonDMA mode under DOS/Linux/Windows? (Developers)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 04.12.2017, 02:03

> but they definitely must exist some low level
> utilities which handle the diskette access directly via I/O ports
> interface.
> Try f.e. RESQFLPY on BTTR software archive
> (http://www.bttr-software.de/freesoft/disk2.htm)

Yes I remember tools like HDcopy and probably Norton Utilities also handle floppy on it's own instead of BIOS but I don't know if they use DMA. I think it's not problem to write my own tool that will not use DMA but it's matter for compatability with old SW.

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Complete thread:

• Can floppy work in nonDMA mode under DOS/Linux/Windows? - RayeR, 02.12.2017, 21:11
  • Can floppy work in nonDMA mode under DOS/Linux/Windows? - Laaca, 03.12.2017, 22:50
    • Can floppy work in nonDMA mode under DOS/Linux/Windows? - RayeR, 04.12.2017, 02:03
      • Can floppy work in nonDMA mode under DOS/Linux/Windows? - bretjohn, 04.12.2017, 19:54
        • Can floppy work in nonDMA mode under DOS/Linux/Windows? - RayeR, 05.12.2017, 02:27