Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

[Mike Stein]

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From: "Chuck Guzis via cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…


> On 03/23/2017 12:59 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk wrote:
> 
>> There will be a hiatus in the project while I get the connecting
>> hardware organised. Then we will see what we will see.  Hopefully the
>> drive itself works.  I don't know that for sure yet.
> 
> For what it's worth, unless you're intent on *writing* 8" single-density
> floppies on the PC, the interconnect between the 8" drive 50-conductor
> cable and the PC 34-conductor one is pretty straightforward.  You don't
> need a FDADAP board for that, although it's very convenient.
> 
> --Chuck
>
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I was just going to suggest the same thing, but I see you (Tez) are going the FDADAP route; more convenient for sure.

But the majority of the 34- and 50-pin signals actually line up 1 to 1 when aligned pin 34 to pin 50; as a matter of fact I have a system that uses the same 34-pin  cable to connect to both, with just a jumper or two to select 5 or 8" (the index signal is one IIRC).

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