Michael Davidson wrote:
While searching through my collection of old Qbus cards I just
discovered that I have a DSD 4140, which appears to be an RX02
compatible interface to Shugart SA800 or SA850 drives.
The only documentation that I have is a small reference card
which has the jumper configuration and a summary of the commands
(from which it appears that the controller also supports
formatting drives with a write sector command followed by a
couple of magic values written to the data register).
Does anyone have any more information / documentation for this
controller?
Since I don't have any 8" Shugart interface drives available
I'm probably going to have to hook this thing up to a 5.25"
or a 3.5" drive in order to try it out. I seem to recall that
constructing a suitable 50 way to 34 way cable adaptor is
relatively simple, but again I would appreciate references or
more information from anyone who has done this kind of thing
recently.
Michael
Don't know if this will help, but I've got the user guide for the
DSD4120. This uses 5-1/4 fdd's for rx01/rx02 emulation.
Send me your address if you want this.
- nick o