Central Point Option floppy controller - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Sep 1999

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:05:24 -0400 (EDT) allisonp(a)world.std.com writes:
...
   I have one of
these.  Does anyone know how it's hooked up?
 Anybody got the S/W for this thing?  Supposedly, you can 
 write any format on the planet with this thing.  I've  
 Nope, only softsector formats that used standard address marks.  
 That leaves out apple, some CBM, Most heath H89 and all northstar systems  
...
  at least. 
Now see, I was *certain* that the whole original purpose of this critter
was to copy Apple floppies using a PeeCee.  I guess it's not that 
useful after all.

...
   heard that it
won't run i faster, newer machines.  Does
 anyone know what the limitations are?  
 The board is slow, make sure the ISA bus transactions are set up to 
 not exceed 8mhz and also there should be IO waits.  Bet best is to find 
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  and use an old 386 or 486. 
Hah! You think everybody's got 386's and 486's laying around?! Sheesh!
:^)
I'd use one of my 286's for this job-- assuming it could do anything
useful.

Peace.

Jeff

...

 Allison

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