27 Jul
2004
27 Jul
'04
2:56 p.m.
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:
The first order of business is an interface cable
for a standard ISA
floppy/IDE controller. I've found this pinout:
http://tinyurl.com/5c5fb
but no confirmation that it actually worked with a YD-180 drive,
which is what I have available.
That'll depend on some details and jumpers of the YD-180,
such as Disk Change v Ready, etc.
You might want to look at
http://www.dbit.com
(they also peddle a 5.25 to 8 inch adapter)
http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html
Some PC FDCs will read single density, but
you'll need different hardware to handle the "mixed density" stuff.