On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Is there any easy way to tell if a disk drive expects hard-sectored disks?
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> Is there a recognisable FDC chip (Intel 8272, NEC 765, Western Digital
> 177x, 179x, 279x, etc) on the board? If so, it's going to expect
> soft-sectored disks.
Assuming it would be a largeish chip (at least 24 pins), none of the ones
you mentioned are present. Nothing from Intel, NEC, or WD at all.
There's an "AMI S2350P", and an "AMI S1062P", and an "AM9517A-4PC", an
"SY2128-1", a "FERRANTI ZN 1066E", three PIO chips, two CTC chips, a Z80,
and a Hitachi HD46505SP. Oh, and three ROMs or EPROMs.
All the rest is small-fry stuff.
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Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Received on Mon Mar 22 1999 - 01:58:04 GMT