19 Mar
2011
19 Mar
'11
2:15 a.m.
On 19/03/11 02:46, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I found a mention on a Japanese PC collector's
website:
http://www2.ucatv.ne.jp/~m_okubo.moon/98fdd/fd1165a.html
Scroll down a bit and you'll see your FD1165S. He seems to be saying
that this was part of the PC8881 external drive box used with the
early PC9801 (which had no internal drives), but originally marketed
for the 8-bit PC8801:
http://park10.wakwak.com/~pinevill/image/nec/PC8881.JPG
Maybe someone has a manual for this thing...
Google-fu FTW!
This page lists a few pinouts for the drives in the PC-8881 enclosure,
including a YE-Data drive (the YD180-1603)... the pinout for which is
suspiciously similar to my NEC drive:
http://ematei.web11.jp/kakolog/200302/r060036_.htm
Scroll down about half-way to a post by "Ludolph", or the later post by
"HAMLIN". Google Translate (JP -> EN) may prove useful... :)
Which via a search for "YD180-1603" leads us to this little gem:
http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~ytera/FD_AN-YE.PDF
A Japanese PDF containing pinouts and pin descriptions for:
* Shugart-style ("ANSI pinout") drives (YD180-1601)
* YE-Data custom pinout (YD180-1600)
* "VFO" pinout (YD180-1603)
And what is pin 49 on the YD180-1603 pinout? Why, it's HEAD LOAD of
course...
I think it's a fair guess the FD1165S uses the "VFO" pinout (which means
I need to make another adapter.. grr). I'd still like a manual or jumper
list, though...
Cheers,
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
