19 Oct
1999
19 Oct
'99
8:38 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Dwight Elvey wrote:
Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com> wrote:
Well, the 800/801 OEM manual speaks to a 'sector separator' which is
bypassed when the 800 trace is intact. The 850/851 manual, on the other
hand, speaks to a 'data separator' which is invoked when the 851 jumper
is installed. I guess both provide comparable capability, depending on
whether you want to 'see' the sector pulse or not.
- don
Well, the Shugart 801s and 851s had a jumper that
permitted selecting
between 800/850 characteristics and 801/851 characteristics. The
difference is hopefully explained by the following:
Hi
I thought the difference between the 800 and 801 was that
one had the clock separator and the other didn't?
Dwight Some of the old 8" drives (Shugarts
included) did have the hard-sector
jumpers, but that was to accomodate a
peculiarity in the 8" interface.