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Offline BruceTanner

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DRVTEST
« on: 2020.January.07. 14:20:59 »
Here is DRVTEST, a little application for testing, diagnosing and investigating floppy disk drives and EXDOS interfaces.

I wrote it to help with EXDOS 3, and also to help keep vintage hardware running.

DRVTEST.COM can be loaded from BASIC or run as an IS-DOS command, or DRVTEST.ROM can be put in a ROM and started with :DRVT.

It is quite technical in places, but you can press H for help. Or just select a drive with A or B and then press T for Tests to exercise your drive!

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Re: DRVTEST
« Reply #1 on: 2020.January.07. 21:32:03 »
Thank you very much! :bow:
I've used it and it has a lot of tests!

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Re: DRVTEST
« Reply #2 on: 2023.July.26. 15:00:28 »

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Re: DRVTEST
« Reply #3 on: 2023.July.26. 16:34:52 »
There are the 5.25 version :ds_icon_cheesygrin:

This is few years ago, I forgot to link:
TEAC FD55F testing on 2ms Step Rate

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Re: DRVTEST
« Reply #4 on: 2023.August.03. 12:35:27 »
what is this sw good for?
what we see on the video? Zozo, could you write some explanation?
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Re: DRVTEST
« Reply #5 on: 2023.August.08. 20:46:06 »
You can test Exdos card and/floppy drives.
Can execute any WD commands: step, seek, restore, read, write. You can see all status bit of WD and Exdos card: motor on, ready, disk change, index, track0, etc
You can control all additional outputs of card: frive select, side, in use, disk change reset, etc
Can set step rate, verify and all other command options.
There are a test fuction for drive rpm, and measure of spin up/down sequence.
The long test package, what you see in previous video gor testing drive stability, do Hi-Lo, Random, and Funnel seeks.

The program don't use Exdos Rom, have own WD routines. Then also possible test Exdos card when Rom not detected (test loaded from tape, or usingrom version).