tandon 848-2 8" floppy drive

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sat Jun 12 18:13:12 1999

It's really quite simple. I looked at mine (not an easy trick, considering
where they were) and saw that they were plugged into the same oiwer supply
as my QUME or Shugart or whatever they were had been. They appear to have
the same power huukups as the older drives, except that there's no AC
power. Now, I can't swear to that, since it was dark in there, but I surely
didn't see an AC cable to the slimline drives. I don't know whether this
particular box has -5 or -12 to the drives, but I believe it's -5. That
works in more cases than the -12, since only SOME drives have the onboard
regulator for the negative supply.

As usual, you can be pretty safe assuming the obvious. I doubt the
manufacturers would have used the same supply connector if they hadn't
intended one to use the same supply.

Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: tandon 848-2 8" floppy drive


><Does anyone here have the specifications for a Tandon 848-2 8"
><floppy drive? Mainly i'm interested in if it is DSDD, and if
><so, then i would need to know some data about what type of power
><connector it uses.
>
>DS is easy, look for a top and bottom head. DD is easy as with rare
>exception all can do DD.
>
>The power connector is a different matter.
>
>Allison
>
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