PCI floppy controller

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Sat Apr 23 14:56:15 CDT 2022


On Sat, 23 Apr 2022, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
> Your right about all the available options.  Somewhere around here I
> have a couple of P112 SBC's.  I wonder what the floppy controller in
> that can do?  I am pretty sure it claimed compatibility with CP/M 8"
> disks.  If so it can probably handle all various 5.25" formats as well.
> Looks like I may have a number of things to play with while I spend
> my summer stuck in the house.

Standard CP/M (8" SSSD)  was FM at 250K data transfer rate 
Most designers of such made an effort to keep it versatile.
Let's hope that they included MFM and data transfer rates of: 
125K (5.25" single density (TRS80 model I  and Early Osborne))
250K
500K (8" double density and 3.5"/5.25" 'High' density)

maybe even:
300K (5.25" 360K double density in a 360RPM 1.2M drive)
1000K (2.8M)


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