idea for a universal disk interface

[Tom Gardner]

The IMI 7710 34 pin flat cable interface is a variant on the SMD dumb interface which could be controlled by a UDI (universal disk interface) if someone cared enough to build an adapter and then program the UDI to deal with IMI's specific track format and peculiar command/status protocol.  CalComp would be easier, but the question remains would either be worth the effort given their relatively low unit shipments compared to the other interfaces?

Tom

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From: r.stricklin [mailto:bear at typewritten.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 8:12 PM
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Subject: Re: idea for a universal disk interface



> On Apr 13, 2022, at 11:51 AM, Tom Gardner via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> There are a few others like ANSI and CalComp but they are probably not worth investigating.
> 

They are if you�re someone who has a machine using one of these interfaces, or e.g. the 40-pin �IMI bus�, or whatever else.



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