P112

[Bill Degnan]

On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 9:34 PM jim stephens via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

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> On 11/30/2019 6:15 PM, Richard Cini via cctalk wrote:
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> >       The current P112 is a reissue from years ago, right? I remember I
> had one — and I may still have it somewhere — but I only used it with 3.5”
> drives. Somehow I think it was built that way by design (the board outline
> fit on a drive).
> > I don’t know how available the code is, but I would look at the firmware
> on the board. To me it sounds like it has a bad drive definition. The 8272
> is pretty easy to program for (I use it on my IMSAI).
> > As an aside, I use a modified YD-380 (5.25” HD) drive to replace the 8”
> drives on my IMSAI so as a quick test you could use one of those. At least
> it can step to 80 tracks and has the same speed and bit rate. I have
> instructions on my site how to use it.
> > Rich
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> I have a archive and a board which I bought with the TCP option, as well
> as CF adapter, etc.
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> I can share it if it's not available online
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> Here is the contents I have.
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> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 915852 Sep  9  2000 bootdisk.img.gz
> drwxrwxrwx+ 1 1003 nogroup    270 Oct  9  2014 daveb
> drwxrwxrwx+ 1   98      98    674 Apr  9  2018 downloads-stack180
> drwxrwxrwx+ 1   98      98    274 Apr  9  2018 gide
> drwxrwxrwx+ 1   98      98    954 Apr  9  2018 hal-bower
> drwxr-xr-x+ 1 1003 nogroup    574 Oct  9  2014 p112
> drwxrwxrwx+ 1   98      98    552 Apr  9  2018 p112-2018
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 331632 Sep 19  2014 p112-doc.pdf
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup  14305 Sep  9  2000 rawrite.exe
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 357891 Oct 22  2005 sc102205.img.gz
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 445535 Nov 11  2005 sc111105.img.gz
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 436332 Nov 30  2005 sc113005.img.gz
> drwxr-xr-x+ 1 1003 nogroup   3660 Oct  9  2014 tcj-archive
> drwxr-xr-x+ 1 1003 nogroup    268 Oct  9  2014 web
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 660331 Oct 17  2005 zs101805.img.gz
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 513625 Oct 21  2005 zs102205.img.gz
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 612086 Nov 11  2005 zs111105.img.gz
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 552969 Nov 30  2005 zs113005.img.gz
> drwxr-xr-x+ 1 1003 nogroup    260 Oct  9  2014 zsdos
> -rw-r--r--+ 1 1003 nogroup 554479 Apr 22  2009 zsdos.pdf
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Today at our workshop meeting we got one of these up and running.  We have
worshops in Kennett Square monthly if you're in the Philadelphia area.  I
can put you in touch with the owner off line if you'd like.
Bill

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