19 Aug
2008
19 Aug
'08
10:10 a.m.
Does anyone on the list know anything about this? I was given a Mindset
with two plug-in modules:
Mindset Host Adapter Interface Module
Mindset Hard Disk Cartridge
The former has a bus connector at one end and a DB37F on the other. No
disk controller chip, just a bunch of TTL logic. I'm guessing either a
proprietary bus or SCSI managed in software (a la Apple 2 Sider).
The "Hard Disk Cartridge" contains a pair of EPROMs.
Any information appreciated!
Steve
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20 Aug
20 Aug
12:44 p.m.
Mindset Host Adapter Interface Module
Mindset Hard Disk Cartridge
The former has a bus connector at one end and a DB37F on the other. No
Surely you mean DC37F?
disk controller chip, just a bunch of TTL logic.
I'm guessing either a
proprietary bus or SCSI managed in software (a la Apple 2 Sider).
I;'ve never seen this machine, and know nothing about it, but another
common-ish possibility at one time was an interface to a WD1001-type of
controller (basically, 8 bit data bus, 3 address lines (IIEC),
read/write/select signals, etc)
-tony
21 Aug
21 Aug
5:04 a.m.
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, yes, yes... Picky, picky :-).
Yes, thanks for reminding me of that! You may be quite correct. I think
I have a scrapped Keypro 10 in the garage that I can pull a WD1001 out of
if worse comes to worse.
Steve
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Mindset Host
Adapter Interface Module
Mindset Hard Disk Cartridge
The former has a bus connector at one end and a DB37F on the other. No
Surely you mean DC37F? disk
controller chip, just a bunch of TTL logic. I'm guessing either a
proprietary bus or SCSI managed in software (a la Apple 2 Sider).
I;'ve never seen this machine, and know nothing about it, but another
common-ish possibility at one time was an interface to a WD1001-type of
controller (basically, 8 bit data bus, 3 address lines (IIEC),
read/write/select signals, etc) 
19 Oct
19 Oct
10:21 a.m.
Steven,
Just did some digging through my Mindset Documents, low and behold, I
found a Supplement in the MSDOS documentation on none other than:
"Setting Up a Hard Disk With MS-DOS" including details on the Mindset
Fixed Disk Utility...
Curt
Steven Hirsch wrote:
Does anyone on the list know anything about this? I
was given a
Mindset with two plug-in modules:
Mindset Host Adapter Interface Module
Mindset Hard Disk Cartridge
The former has a bus connector at one end and a DB37F on the other.
No disk controller chip, just a bunch of TTL logic. I'm guessing
either a proprietary bus or SCSI managed in software (a la Apple 2
Sider).
The "Hard Disk Cartridge" contains a pair of EPROMs.
Any information appreciated!
Steve
5:33 p.m.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Steven,
Just did some digging through my Mindset Documents, low and behold, I found
a Supplement in the MSDOS documentation on none other than: "Setting Up a
Hard Disk With MS-DOS" including details on the Mindset Fixed Disk Utility...
Question is, do you or anyone else _have_ the setup utilities? Does it
indicate what the interface is?
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20 Oct
20 Oct
2:18 p.m.
New subject: [Spam] Re: Mindset hard disk interface
Why yes... yes I do as a matter of fact :-)
Along with just about any Mindset released software ever written as
well... the utility came on the Mindset MSDOS 2.11 release diskette set.
Curt
Steven Hirsch wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Steven,
Just did some digging through my Mindset Documents, low and behold,
I found a Supplement in the MSDOS documentation on none other than:
"Setting Up a Hard Disk With MS-DOS" including details on the Mindset
Fixed Disk Utility...
Question is, do you or anyone else _have_ the setup utilities? Does
it indicate what the interface is?
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