27 Nov
2016
27 Nov
'16
12:48 a.m.
On 27.11.2016 08:10, Tony Duell wrote:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 4:39 AM, Eric Smith
<spacewar at gmail.com> wrote:
Why too obscure ?
The Philips P851 mini also uses a 8X300 / 8X330 combo for floppy & HD controller.
Picture of this controller and dumps of proms are on :
ftp://ftp.dreesen.ch/WD1001
If there is a chance to have a good pic of the P851 frontpanel I would appriciate it !
Too bad the 851 CPU uses ASIC for datapaths & control logic, so I cannot get this
system up and running since it misses the control one.
Jos
Now that I have an 8X300 (etc.) disassembler,
which I've used to
disassemble the Western Digital WD1000 and WD1001 firmware, and the Zendex
ZX-203 firmware, I've become curious as to what other products used the
SMS300/8X300/8X305. Does anyone know of any?
It will take me some time to check, but I seem to remember an ISA card,
not a disk controller, with one on. Possibly a 3720-type interface (I
think there
was a single BNC socket on the bracket, and it's not ethernet).
There's an 8X300 on the hard disk controller (Philips X1215 drive) for the
Philips P854 computer. But I suspect that is too obscure even for this
list.