Looking for a WD 1001 55 Disk controller

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Feb 3 10:01:15 2002

I think the original post was a plea for a replacement board, because he had
confidence issues with his board.

see below, plz.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "M H Stein" <mhstein_at_canada.com>
To: "'ClassicComputers'" <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: Looking for a WD 1001 55 Disk controller


> Sounds similar to the one I've got; it does have provision for four
> data cables, but only two have connectors installed. So what does
> this 40 pin host connector connect to?
>
The 40-pin connector, in no way similary to IDE, in case you're wondering, has
8-bit data, 3 addresses, a read and a write signal, and a card-select, along
with a DRQ, an IRQ, and a RESET. The board works pretty similarly to the
somewhat later versions using the WD1010 chip.
>
> And what happened to the person who started this thread? Was he
> looking for a chip or a board?
>
> mike
>
> --------------Original Message------------
> From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> Subject: Re: Looking for a WD 1001 55 Disk controller
>
> The WD 1001-55 (the "BIG" version) had four data cable connectors, IIRC. In
> fact, it didn't look very different from the 1000-55 at all. Both of those
> boards used the 8X300/305 (depending on version) and the WD1100 chipset. I
> had the datasheet for that board in my hands less than two hours ago, but
> don't now remember where ... <sigh> another senior moment, I guess. The
> small versions (1000-05, etc) used the WD1010 chip and a couple of others.
> They do seem to be pretty much interchangeable, though. My own WD 1000-55
> board had a 50-pin connector rather than a 40-pin host connector. The extra
> signals were just ground and power, though. The ones I've kept only have
the
> 40-pin host connector, which makes them all compatible at the interface.
>
> Dick
>
>
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