13 Aug
2023
13 Aug
'23
7:31 p.m.
Theoretically it could be done with only 2 motors--one
spindle motor and
one positioner. Probably not the best for performance, but doable.
--Chuck
That is exactly what they did. There is only one stepper motor that
drives both heads. And one drive motor that drives both spindles.
Simple, elegant, works. It would throw any software which expects the
heads to not move between access (because if you read drive 0 track 20,
then drive 1 track 40 drive 0 will NOT be at 20 but 40)
My big question though is what drive numbers are the floppies? Are they
1 and 2? Is the hard drive 4?
CZ