Central Point Option floppy controller

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Sep 15 16:47:11 1999

On 15 Sep 1999, Eric Smith wrote:

> Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com> wrote about the Central Point cards:
> > First off, it is not a controller, per se, but rather a bridge adapter
> > that goes between the ISA FDC and the floppy drive and enhances the FDC's
> > native capabilities.
>
> No, it doesn't enhance the native FDC in any way; rather it bypasses most of
> it. It really is a separate "controller", using that term loosely. It allows
> the PC to read and write raw channel data, bypassing the native FDC's FM & MFM
> encoder and decoder. When using the card, the native FDC is only used to
> select the drive and seek to the desired track.
>

That depends on what the meaning of 'is' is :)


                                                 - don
Received on Wed Sep 15 1999 - 16:47:11 BST