20 Feb
2010
20 Feb
'10
10:22 p.m.
On 20 Feb 2010 at 16:16, Jack Rubin wrote:
I was tempted to hook it up to an 8" drive using
my DBIT adapter but
hesitated based on the discussions here. Would the DBIT adapter
provide the necessary buffering to drive a Shugart 801? I really like
the idea of an 8" drive connected to a netbook.
No--the DBIT adapter pretty much just employs a PIC to count the step
pulses to derive TG40. AFAIK, the other signals aren't touched.
--Chuck