I put some information I've accumulated up on my web space. It's at
<http://www.io.com/~trag> and look for the folder labeled
"Floppy_Circuits". It's uploading at this moment (11am CDT) so it
may be an hour or two from now before it's all up there.
There are data sheets for the WD37C65C, WD37C65+ and WD92C32 in PDF.
I also uploaded a scan of the National Semiconductor DP8473 datasheet
as a series of JPEGs. If someone has that one as a PDF I'd love to
get it in that more convenient format.
The most interesting bit is the "Floppy Disk Data Separator Design
Guide". This was included in the sales/information packet for the
DP8473. It's 28 pages of information on how to design a data
separator. Again, this is a collection of JPEGs.
It's a little inconvenient to read on screen because I scanned it at
150dpi (so a 100% image is quite large) but when I tried 72 dpi it
was too hard to read. The characters were chunky/incomplete at 72
dpi. The print in the actual booklet is rather small. 150 dpi was
the lowest resolution that led to readable characters without
eyestrain.
I've accumulated this stuff because I would like to clone the
external floppy drive for the Outbound Model 125 Laptop, but I'm not
actively working on this project yet, so don't have any questions for
the list at this time (unless someone knows an affordable source
(~$.50 ea.) of WD92C32s). I hope this information is helpful.
Jeff Walther
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