9 May
2010
9 May
'10
3:09 p.m.
True, that's why I was asking to see if anyone had been able to get an
RX02 working on a PC at all... I've got an Alpha coming soon and it
would be fun to get the drives to work on it :-)
Dave McGuire wrote:
OH oh oh yes, that. I think you mean "Dbit has.." but at any rate
that doesn't control RX01/RX02 drives, but it is an adapter that
allows one to connect generic 8" drives and real RX50 drives to a PC
controller. Bit of a different animal.
-Dave
On May 9, 2010, at 5:30 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html
Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> Huh? I thought that was a software-only product.
>
> -Dave
>
> On May 9, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
>> Ersatz has an RX01 capable controller....
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony Duell wrote:
>>>> Just walked past a pair of RX02's in the garage for the umpteenth
>>>> time, and the thought came to me, could I get these badboys
>>>> hooked up to my PC??? They are MFM format, should be feasible
>>>> perhaps with a proper controller board... maybe.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone ever try such an endeavor? ...and have any success?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've not done it, but it shouldn't' be that difficult. The
>>> contoller board
>>> is actually insife the RX02 chassis. The inteface back to the
>>> interface
>>> board in the Unibus/Qbus/Omnibus is a bit-serial one, timed from
>>> the RX02
>>> end, and the interface board is essentially a shift register and a
>>> little logic. It should eb quite easy to recreate that and link it
>>> to a PC.
>>>
>>> -tony
>>>
>>>
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