Osborne Floppy Drive compatability

From: Phil Clayton <handyman_at_sprintmail.com>
Date: Wed Sep 16 13:18:57 1998

James Willing wrote:
>
> On 16 Sep 1998, Frank McConnell wrote:
>
> > Phil Clayton <handyman_at_sprintmail.com> writes:
> > > I have several old 360K floppy drives removed from old XT's
> > > is it possible to use these in my CP/M machines..?
> > > Are they compatable, and has anyone used these drives in the old
> > > CP/M's.?
> >
> > Kaypro: yes
> > Osborne: I dunno
> >
> > I'm thinking that the O1 has funny disk drives that need power
> > somewhere on the ribbon cable. But it's been a while since I had
> > one open to check, and am posting in the spirit of getting someone
> > else to jump in and correct me.
>
> You are correct. The Obsorne drives feed power on the drive data cable
> and connecting them to other configurations tends to cause the 'magic
> smoke' to escape...
>
> I've even got a drive exerciser in the collection that has special
> connections to support the Osborne drives...
>
> -jim

OK I Thank everyone for the input.. Kaypro is no problem..

Then that brings me to the next question.
Can I do some modification to my old XT drive to get it to work on the
Osborne 01?
Understand the Power in the ribbon thing..
Does anyone have a pin-out if it can be done..?

Thanks... Phil...
Received on Wed Sep 16 1998 - 13:18:57 BST