Acorn A3000 and A3010 (was: Re: Apple disk controllers) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Dec 2002

On Dec 20, 17:35, Philip Pemberton wrote:
...
  Frank McConnell wrote:
  There was also a Vista 8" floppy controller
for the Apple ][, built
 around the WDC 1793 I think.  I have one of those in a Basis 108.  1793? That was
in the same family as the WD1770 and 1772, wasn't it? 
Same manufacturer but different family, and not interchangeable.

...
  Speaking of which, has anyone got a WD1772 spare?
I'd like to put a
 high-density (1.6MB) disc drive in my Acorn A3000, but the instructions I've
...
  got to upgrade it say that I've got to use a
WD1772 with an 02-02 batch
 code. 
Yes, they can run at a higher clock speed.  About the only place you find
them are in Atari 520s and 1024s.

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