Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bellcore!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucbvax!YODA.EECS.WSU.EDU!hakimian%tek4 From: hakimian%tek4@YODA.EECS.WSU.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: writing a floppy port device Message-ID: <9012102335.AA01847@tek4> Date: 10 Dec 90 23:35:32 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 12 I am in the process of writing a device driver for the floppy port. I have a pretty good grasp on how to allocate the disk.resource and set up the interrupts that I needs. What I am having trouble finding is a description of how data is sent. I know how to start up the dma, what I don't know is when the encoding to mfm or gcr is done. How can I send out a sync word? Where is this documented? I have been looking in the hardware manual as well as the RKM library and devices. Any and all input will be appreciated. Karl Hakimian hakimian@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu