Ikon Ultradrive Dragonfly TOS V2.3

[bluearcus]

Later version of the Tape Operating System for the Ikon Ultradrive.

Archive currently has 1.3, this is 2.3

[robcfg]

Thanks a lot!

Did you manage to get a tape working? I couldn't format the tape on the unit I scanned and dumped.

[bluearcus]

Tape control and reading works fine on the existing media I got with the drive, but I've not tried any write commands yet as I need to get some fresh blank media, hopefully soon.

[robcfg]

I'm actually quite curious to see if the tapes can be transferred to a modern using an old recording device that uses the same tape format, in order to see how the data is actually stored.

[bluearcus]

My drive isn't registering Write Protect status properly, so I can't do any write commands at the moment. Some hardware debugging required (and disassembly of the ROM for clues...)

[bluearcus]

Ah, yes it is. Details on the main Ikon Ultradrive thread.

Problem worked out by reference to the Philips mechanism technical manual, which I've uploaded here now too.

[robcfg]

Nice! Thank you for uploading it here!

[robcfg]

Would you mind uploading it again?

It seems you zipped a html file instead of the intended pdf file...

[bluearcus]

Hopefully fixed now. Stupid 7-zip, should have done it on my linux machine.

[robcfg]

That's more like it, thanks!