Cromemco 4FDC, How do you format a disk?

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Jul 27 18:53:59 1999

<According to the docs, you have to tell the controller
<which drive type it is talking to (bit 4 at I/O address
<34 hex). Looking at the schematics, it sure looks like
<it blindly shoots signals to both connectors. FDAT is
<connected to pin 30 on the 34 pin header and pin 48 on
<the 50 pin header. Hmmm... what's going on here? Pin 48
<is SEP DATA, used with hard sectored drives isn't it?
<Pin 50 is connected to FCLK as well.
<
<What gives?

Some 8" drives have data seperation on the disk drive and some boards used
that. NOTE: there will also be raw data from the disk and that may actually
be used. Of the 50 pins there are often many unused.

Allison
Received on Tue Jul 27 1999 - 18:53:59 BST

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