Scanned Data Separator Appnotes - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Dec 2005

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Subject: Re: Scanned Data Separator Appnotes
   From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
   Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:55:39 -0700
     To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

Roger Merchberger wrote:

  Allison sent me the scans of the appnotes for the
data separator / 
 floppy interface circuits, and I have put them on the web for anyone 
 who wants access to them.

 http://www.30below.com/~zmerch/classics/datasep/
 Well I think one may have metastable problem with theTTL data seperators.
You want a second flip/flop to buffer the edge detect flip/flop After 
that the
dog's hair color will stay black unless you have a poodle, and all will 
be fine. 
It was test and works well enough to find it self used on many PCs.

Was it the best, no, only ok.  Though it was 100x better than the 1771
internal data sep.

Allison