On 27 Jan 2018, at 20:23, Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote: A 380Z, nice! I used to use those when I was at University. My final year project used one connected to a research machine called MU6-G for diagnostics. All the registers in the machine were connected up as one enormous shift register, so you could get and set any register in the machine from the 380Z. I wrote a program to do simple diagnostics on the machine. It was a lot of fun. They don?t come up very often and go for more money than I can justify.

Regards Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian > Graham via cctalk > Sent: 27 January 2018 19:16 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Subject: TESTFDC > > I?d like to thank whoever it was who added the Abit K8V Pro/Winbond > W83627HF with its test results to the TESTFDC page for writing SSSD disks. I?ve > been trying to get a similar setup going for a fortnight now and last week found > this motherboard on e*ay for Not Many UK Pounds. Coupled with a scrap > Athlon64 system from work and a scratched Windows98 CD I eventually got it > going earlier and can now read/write single density floppies meaning I can > archive the disks I got with my Research Machines 380Z :D > > Typical of my luck a contact has also found an Adaptec 1522A that he?ll > hopefully send me too, then I?m covered for all eventualities. > > Now where did I put that 8? drive... > > ? > Adrian/Witchy > Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards > w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk <http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/> t: @binarydinosaurs > f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs

On 27 Jan 2018, at 21:55, Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: I'm also using the K8V Pro for my imaging system. I've successfully made bootable disks for all sorts of SD and DD systems.

I'm using a Tandon 848 on mine.

Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

On 27 Jan 2018, at 22:58, Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: Nothing specific to the drive, but I think well of the FDADAP 8" floppy disk adapter to connect the drive to the controller: http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html

*sigh* Fat fingers again. wrote: like to get going at some point. Any tips on coaxing them back into life? disk adapter to connect the drive to the controller: Yep, I was looking at those yesterday, hooked in by the mention of an RX50. $40 including postage to the UK is a pretty decent price. Cheers, A ? Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards w: binarydinosaurs.co.uk t: @binarydinosaurs f: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs