>Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:03 -0300 (ART)
>From: "Silvio Finotti" <silviorf(a)yahoo.com>
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>Hi all,
>
>The link for the "magical" software are:
>http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi/index_html
>
>For use with C64 disks, you'll have to make a little
>"hack" at the PC 5,25 drive. (it needs to spin at
>300rpm, and almost all 5,25 drives will spin at defaut
>at 360rpm)
Hi
Of course, I suspect that if you use a 360K drive, this
isn't an issue. From the docs, it looks like it is
configureable on things like double stepping for the 96tpi.
Dwight
>
>For reading the flip side of the disk it's necessary
>an othe hack at the 5,25 drive. It's very simple, I've
>made it mysel without problems...
>
>If anyone wants some help on reading the disks, let me
>know... it's really simple. I have some images here
>that I extracted... if anyone want to "see" one of
>them, let me know too...
>
>[ ]s
>Silvio Finotti
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ben franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
> You do have a bathroom hiding somewhere around?
Yeah, I just forgot to list it.
(Indeed some people are wondering if they have a bathroom on Enterprise, or if
they've been holding it all along.)
MS
I wanted to revive my MicroVax II (BA23 cabinet I think) and add
RZ74 (4GB drive) to it. I am writing number from memory, perhaps
I have made mistakes. Will this card on Ebay do the trick?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2775848822&category=1247…
I believe this might be the easiest way to get SCSI support
on my machine, but perhaps this card is incompatible, or
drive is too big?
I do not have a lot of experience with VMS but want to play
around some on this smaller somewhat old equipment.'
Bradley Slavik
Hi all,
The link for the "magical" software are:
http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi/index_html
For use with C64 disks, you'll have to make a little
"hack" at the PC 5,25 drive. (it needs to spin at
300rpm, and almost all 5,25 drives will spin at defaut
at 360rpm)
For reading the flip side of the disk it's necessary
an othe hack at the 5,25 drive. It's very simple, I've
made it mysel without problems...
If anyone wants some help on reading the disks, let me
know... it's really simple. I have some images here
that I extracted... if anyone want to "see" one of
them, let me know too...
[ ]s
Silvio Finotti
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Back about July 2002, you wrote:
> Does anyone have any spare WD-1000, WD-1001,
> or related disk controllers, or documentation on them?
I have a WD1002-SASI (TAN) controller card in unknown condition.
(The "TAN" is hand written, and is also written on a BIOS chip "Tan
5.0".)
I purchased it used about 20 years ago to attempt to add a Hard Drive to
a TI-99/4A, although I never actually started the project.
I also have a 534 page Western Digital Corp. June 1984 Storage
Management Products Handbook that includes data on the following
"Winchester Board Products":
WD1000-05
WD1001
WD1002-05
WD1002-MTB
WD1002-SHD
WD1002-WFT
WD1002-WX2
The WD1002-SHD (at least) has data regarding the SASI port.
If interested, make me a serious offer, and include your ZIP-Code to
determine shipping.
Thanks.
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Saw this on Ebay. With about seven hours to go
the bidding is ridiculously low. The guy wants a
local pickup in Los Angeles. If I lived in LA,
I'd put in a decent bid on this stuff, planning
to sell off most of it individually. If any
enterprising soul who does live in the LA area
gets the same idea, I bet he'd have a customer
already for a VT100 and a Z-89. :)
--Bill
OLD COMPUTER LOT, DEC, ZENITH, TELERAY++ - NR
Item number: 2764800262
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2764800262&category=4017…
My, I've never been so popular.
Sorry to disappoint overseas subscribers but I would really not like to even
think of the transportation logistics.
I've e-mailed the lucky winners (Dan & Pete) who were selected on a first
come first served basis and the fact that they will pick them up.
Forgot to mention that the PDP11/04 also has a GT40 & light pen.
For those who asked -
It's a space issue and the realisation (after collecting for 18 years - yes it
took
that long) that I can't keep everything and don't have the time to keep
everything in good working order. The Perq provided many months of
entertainment and the PDP11/04 many years - but I haven't used the Perq
seriously for a number of years and the PDP11/04 at all since the RK11D broke
in 2000. I shall seriously miss running ADVENT on a UNIBUS PDP sitting at
the LA36 console wearing my ear defenders. I shall also miss LANDER which ran
on the GT40 and was controlled by the lightpen. McDonalds get everywhere
don't they ;-).
Anyway I hope the new owners have as much fun with them as I did.
Doug.
PS There will be more stuff at a later date.
On Jan 5, 19:43, Gene Buckle wrote:
> > On Jan 5, 15:02, Gene Buckle wrote:
> > > Me, I want to know how they make an FM/MFM drive read a GCR
disk...
> >
> > It's not a drive issue, it's a controller issue. The bits on the
disk
> > are just bits on a disk... just alternating magnetic poles.
There's
> > nothing strange or different about the heads or amplifiers on an
Apple,
> > Commodore, or Amiga drive.
> >
> :r/drive/controller/
Not sure what you mean... I meant exactly what I wrote. Ah, did you
mean that you meant "controller" instead of drive? Then you need to
read the docs that accompany the software :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Jan 5, 15:02, Gene Buckle wrote:
> Me, I want to know how they make an FM/MFM drive read a GCR disk...
It's not a drive issue, it's a controller issue. The bits on the disk
are just bits on a disk... just alternating magnetic poles. There's
nothing strange or different about the heads or amplifiers on an Apple,
Commodore, or Amiga drive.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York