Hi
Were there any 5.25 drive made with sector pulse output?
I'm working on a controller for my Polymorphic. I have not
software to run the board so I'm decoding the Z80 code
that runs in its firmware.
I see that one of the signals from the drive is the sector
signal. I know that the SA801 could be configured for
32/16/8 sectors and produce a sector output signal.
In any case, the code seems to be looking for the sector
signal at one point.
The next question is, do the older drives have a filter on
them such that they would not output the index along with
the sector pulse?
The drive I'm planning on using is an old Qume drive with
a IBM lable on the front. It is a QUMETRAK 142. It is
good to work on because it is all descrete parts and
TTL ( some analog IC's as well ). Still, if they have a
filter on the index, I should be able to modify it.
I only see one pot in that area of the board and I suspect
that it is for the pulse witdh of the index.
If there is no filter, I should be able to make an external
sector separator.
Dwight
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