2nd Source WD1773? (was: Anyone looking for 2901 parts?

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Sat May 25 10:28:33 2002

On Sat, 25 May 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Ben Franchuk may have mentioned these words:
>
> >If you really need 2901's you can get them from here.
> >http://www.rocelec.com/
>
> They don't stock anything Western Digital -- did any company 2nd source the
> WD1773 floppy disk controller? They're *damned* hard to find; they weren't
> used in that much equipment, except the Tandy Color Computer Disk
> Controllers (FD500/501/502, maybe others)
>
> Or is there a way to make another WD chip (say, a 1771) compatible to it?
>
> Also -- this may seem offtopic, but it's not - is there a decent source for
> Compact Flash sockets? I'm hoping someday to make a CF adapter for a CoCo,
> but haven't found a decent source for the sockets so far...

Fujitsu makes good and inexpensive sockets, we use 1000's (~$3.35 with
ejector) If you want one of our CFADPTs (CF-IDE adapters) just ask, I can send
you a 'blem'...

>
> Thankz,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
> --
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
> Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
>
> If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
> disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
>
>

Peter Wallace
Received on Sat May 25 2002 - 10:28:33 BST

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