7 Nov
1998
7 Nov
'98
8:25 a.m.
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998 cdrmool(a)interlog.com wrote:
A while back I believe someone posted an address for a
site that provided
the schematic for hooking up an 8" drive to a pc. IF so, please pass it
on to me again. Sorry for losing it.
TIA
Colan
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The following table is extracted from the CompatiCard manual:
Card 34 37 50 8 Inch Drive
Signal Name Pin Pin Direction Pin Signal Name
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Programmable 2 3 ---> 2 Low Current
Index 8 6 <--- 20 Index
Drive Select 1/3 12 8 ---> 28 Drive Select 2
Motor Enable 1/3 16 10 ---> 18 Head Load
Step Direction 18 11 ---> 34 Direction Select
Step Pulse 20 12 ---> 36 Step
Write Data 22 13 ---> 38 Write Data
Write Enable 24 14 ---> 40 Write Gate
Track 0 26 15 <--- 42 Track 0
Write Protect 28 16 <--- 44 Write Protect
Read Data 30 17 <--- 46 Read Data
Select Head 1 32 18 ---> 14 Side Select
Connect odd number pins of 34 pin connector to odds of 50 pin connector
Connect pins 21/37 of the DB-37 to all the odd pins on 50 pin connector
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- don