Corvus Floppy Drive?

From: Curt Vendel <curt_at_atari-history.com>
Date: Tue Nov 13 20:43:22 2001

Frank,

   Thanks for the info. If you happen by a Corvus floppy in the future,
keep me in mind, I'd be interested in it. Now if I can find some spec's
on the 4 bus slots it would be fun to try and build a controller. I did a
search on Google for resume's with Corvus in them and contacted a few former
Corvus people, but noone seems to have retained any technical data or
schematics on the Concept..... a true shame.


Curt


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank McConnell" <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Corvus Floppy Drive?


> "Curt Vendel" <curt_at_atari-history.com> wrote:
> > My quest for the elusive Corvus Concept finally ended as I was able
to
> > obtain one of the beastie's in excellent shape. There is mention of a
disk
> > drive for the system, I'm wondering if there are any other Concept
owners
> > out there who have explored the inner workings of the unit.
>
> Congratulations!
>
> Corvus made 8" and 5.25" floppy drives for the Concept, and matching
> controller(s) that fit in one of the Concept's slots. The
> controller(s) are based on the WD1793 FDC.
>
> The 8" disk drive is a Tandon half-height 8" (848?) in a box with
> power supply. Nothing special except it says "Corvus Systems" on the
> box.
>
> The 5.25" disk drive...well, I can't remember:
>
> (a) whether it used the same controller as the 8"
> (b) if so, what they did to get from the 50-pin connector on the
> controller to the 34-pin connector on the drive
>
> Most Concept floppies that I've seen have been 8", and I've only seen
> one of the 5.25" drives.
>
> -Frank McConnell
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