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CPMTools help for 8" Jade DD disks

With ldkraemer help, this cpmtools def is working on the Jade DD double sided disks, I get full directory of files and they all extract fine, text doc all look good and I have run most of the COM files on my Microbee and they all run fine. The def I used is

# JAD2 Jade - DSDD 8" - 128 x 50
diskdef jad2
seclen 128
tracks 154
sectrk 50
blocksize 4096
maxdir 64
skew 1
offset 9728
boottrk 0
os 2.2
end

Thanks everyone for your help with this difficult one, I have learnt a lot from this.

Cheers, Alan
 
Alan,
If you get a chance try this 22DISK definition on one of your floppy's to see if it works.
It should work fine if I haven't made a typo or error.

BEGIN JAD2 Jade - DSDD 8" - 128 x 50
DENSITY MFM, HIGH
CYLINDERS 77 SIDES 2 SECTORS 50,128
SIDE1 0 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,
25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50
SIDE1 1 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,
25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50
ORDER SIDES
BSH 4 BLM 15 EXM 1 DSM 225 DRM 63 AL0 0F0H AL1 0 OFS 1
END

# cpmtools:
# JAD2 Jade - DSDD 8" - 128 x 50
diskdef jad2
seclen 128
tracks 154
sectrk 50
blocksize 4096
maxdir 64
skew 1
offset 6400
boottrk 0
os 2.2
end

# libdsk:
[jad2]
description = JAD2 Jade - DSDD 8" - 128 x 50
sides = alt
cylinders = 154
heads = 2
secsize = 128
sectors = 50
secbase = 1
datarate = ED

#Flashfloppy/GOTEK:
[jad2]
cyls = 154
heads = 2
secs = 50
interleave = 1
bps = 128
id = 1
rpm = 360
#rpm = 300
rate = 250
mode = mfm
iam = no

Larry
 
It's not going to work with real disks, Larry. 22Disk assumes that cylinder ID numbers correspond to physical cylinders. The oddball system with the 2S Jade wasn't anticipated. We do have a version of 22Disk that's reserved for oddball cases, but there, the definitions are compiled in and are equipped to handle all sorts of weird cases (and they do exist!). A very different product mostly aimed toward OEMs.
 
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