13 Nov
2001
13 Nov
'01
10:47 a.m.
"Curt Vendel" <curt(a)atari-history.com> wrote:
My quest for the elusive Corvus Concept finally
ended as I was able to
obtain one of the beastie's in excellent shape. There is mention of a disk
drive for the system, I'm wondering if there are any other Concept owners
out there who have explored the inner workings of the unit.
Congratulations!
Corvus made 8" and 5.25" floppy drives for the Concept, and matching
controller(s) that fit in one of the Concept's slots. The
controller(s) are based on the WD1793 FDC.
The 8" disk drive is a Tandon half-height 8" (848?) in a box with
power supply. Nothing special except it says "Corvus Systems" on the
box.
The 5.25" disk drive...well, I can't remember:
(a) whether it used the same controller as the 8"
(b) if so, what they did to get from the 50-pin connector on the
controller to the 34-pin connector on the drive
Most Concept floppies that I've seen have been 8", and I've only seen
one of the 5.25" drives.
-Frank McConnell
13 Nov
13 Nov
12:43 p.m.
Frank,
Thanks for the info. If you happen by a Corvus floppy in the future,
keep me in mind, I'd be interested in it. Now if I can find some spec's
on the 4 bus slots it would be fun to try and build a controller. I did a
search on Google for resume's with Corvus in them and contacted a few former
Corvus people, but noone seems to have retained any technical data or
schematics on the Concept..... a true shame.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank McConnell" <fmc(a)reanimators.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Corvus Floppy Drive?
"Curt Vendel" <curt(a)atari-history.com>
wrote:
> My quest for the elusive Corvus Concept finally ended as I was able
to
> obtain one of the beastie's in excellent
shape. There is mention of a
disk
> drive for the system, I'm wondering if there
are any other Concept
owners
out there who
have explored the inner workings of the unit.
Congratulations!
Corvus made 8" and 5.25" floppy drives for the Concept, and matching
controller(s) that fit in one of the Concept's slots. The
controller(s) are based on the WD1793 FDC.
The 8" disk drive is a Tandon half-height 8" (848?) in a box with
power supply. Nothing special except it says "Corvus Systems" on the
box.
The 5.25" disk drive...well, I can't remember:
(a) whether it used the same controller as the 8"
(b) if so, what they did to get from the 50-pin connector on the
controller to the 34-pin connector on the drive
Most Concept floppies that I've seen have been 8", and I've only seen
one of the 5.25" drives.
-Frank McConnell
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