21 Mar
1999
21 Mar
'99
5:58 p.m.
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> Is there any easy way to tell if a disk drive
expects hard-sectored disks?
<snip>
Is there a recognisable FDC chip (Intel 8272, NEC 765,
Western Digital
177x, 179x, 279x, etc) on the board? If so, it's going to expect
soft-sectored disks.
Assuming it would be a largeish chip (at least 24 pins), none of the ones
you mentioned are present. Nothing from Intel, NEC, or WD at all.
There's an "AMI S2350P", and an "AMI S1062P", and an
"AM9517A-4PC", an
"SY2128-1", a "FERRANTI ZN 1066E", three PIO chips, two CTC chips, a
Z80,
and a Hitachi HD46505SP. Oh, and three ROMs or EPROMs.
All the rest is small-fry stuff.
--
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/