9 May
2010
9 May
'10
6:50 p.m.
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
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 :-)
Yes. likely the easiest way is using the printer port. The RX02 drive unit
is intelligent and communicates to a bus interface module. Feed it
commands and data and it feeds you results and data.
The details are not worked out but the interface was simple enough that
it was available Unibus(-11 and UVAX), Qbus(-11 and uVAX) and Omnibus(-8).
Allison
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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