Bug reports

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Some minor points I noticed, thye might be non-errors but I leave you to judge:


- When loading an .SCP the number of tracks on the target disk doesn't appear to be automatically set, but since the program should know how many tracks are contained in the SCP file this would be a nice feature

Information about the .scp image file is not shown at all.

- When copying a disk from drive 0 to drive 0, after the source disk is read and program asks to Insert destination disk, there's a long delay before the motor light of the drive goes out and the head is returned to track 0. Something like 15-20s. Don't know if this is necessary to the program but it would be nice if this interval is reduced to the minimum

This is normal, and deliberate. This saves wear and tear on the drive motor by leaving it on for a period of time. A drive that has been spinning for awhile has a more accurate speed. So, when copying multiple disks the drive will usually stay on the entire time until you are done.

- When copying from Disk 0 to Disk 0 in blind mode, if the target disk is found to be write protected, program opens a dialog to inform the user. Here, again, the led of the drive takes 15-20 seconds to switch off.When the disk is extracted, made write enabled, reinserted and the Alert dialog is dismissed pressing "Retry", an error is displayed saying "No Index pulse found" no matter of how many times "Retry" is pressed. This forces the whole read to be started from scratch

Thanks for pointing this out... I will correct that. If the drive is off, it should turn it back on... but the long delay will always be there.

- In the menù "Drive Settings"->"Drive Type" I see only two 5.25" options either 48 or 96 tpi but the floppy I connected is a 3.5" model. Tested with two floppy cables, tested with two 3.5" floppy drives always the same. I might be seriously wrong here but if I remember correctly, in a previous version, this detection was working (?)... At any rate, even with the wrong model displayed/selected, the read/write seems to be working anyway

Any option for a 5.25" drive only applies to a 5.25" drive. Ignore this setting unless you are using a 5.25" drive.