25 Mar
2006
25 Mar
'06
1:32 p.m.
On 3/25/2006 at 4:07 PM shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com wrote:
Did any micro hobbyists actually succesfully use
surplus core? I remember
it somewhat cheap (but not ridiculously cheap)
in the Meshna catalog etc. but never saw it being used. It is not
a trivial matter to time and calibrate all the drive and sense lines
especially when it's some random core plane and the first you ever
saw.
There was an article way back in one of the hobbyist mags (Microsystems,
Kilobaud???) about a guy who did adapt a core module to his S-100 box.
Note that it was a "module"--essentially a box with the core and all of the
drivers, sense amps, latches and rewrite circuitry inside. Mostly a job of
interfacing and supplying power.
Cheers,
Chuck