29 May
2003
29 May
'03
4:51 a.m.
That way those of us with
an 8" hooked to a PC could make 8" disks.
How do you do this? I am interested.
What floppy controller do you use? I am assuming it is for the ISA bus?
Anything for a PCI bus.
Anything for EISA, I am keeping one EISA bus system.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
29 May
29 May
5:32 a.m.
That way those
of us with
an 8" hooked to a PC could make 8" disks.
How do you do this? I am interested.
What floppy controller do you use? I am assuming it is for the ISA bus?
Anything for a PCI bus.
Anything for EISA, I am keeping one EISA bus system. 
8:48 a.m.
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Look in the comp.os.cpm FAQ. It's Q14. There's not much to it.
Just a matter of making a converter cable to go from the 34 pin
floppy connector on any "PC" compatible floppy controller to the
Careful there! If the 8" disks involve any single density (FM)
recording then just *any* floppy controller will not do. Look for
one with a 37C65 chip or the NS 8743 chip, or a CompatiCard I or
IV (hard to find).
- don
That way those of us with
an 8" hooked to a PC could make 8" disks.
How do you do this? I am interested.
What floppy controller do you use? I am assuming it is for the ISA bus?
Anything for a PCI bus.
Anything for EISA, I am keeping one EISA bus system. 50 pin connector on the 8 inch drive. You may have to
play around
with the drive select and the head load/motor on signals to get
it to work just right.
7883
days inactive
7883
days old
2 comments
3 participants
participants (3)
-
donm＠cts.com -
Innfogra＠aol.com -
wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net