8085 IO ports

[Tony Duell]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Tony Duell <ard.p850ug1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Adrian Graham
> <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:

>>> What is the tape drive? That board has a distinct look of Philips about it.
>>> What tapes does it use? If I were a gambling man I would guess at Phlips
>>> minicassettes (not microcassettes). I think I know that drive...
>>
>> The drive has no maker stamp on it but I think you're right with the
>> minicassettes - the ejecting lid looks bigger than a microcassete. As it
>> happens there's an identical one on ebay right now!
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/NO-NAME-3922-536-07860-392253607860-CASSETTE-STATION
>> -/300633626181
>
> That's the one. It's a Philips mechanism. I have at least one somewhere. I will
> try to find it. I don't think I have the schematic for it, but at
> least I can look at the
> PCB and find component values.

Just to keep you updated, I have located one of my units that contains said
drive. I am rather busy at the moment with more mundane things, but I will
try to pull it apart and identify said capacitors.

-tony