8" drive hooked up to a PC

From: Bill Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu May 29 12:32:01 2003

>> That way those of us with
>> an 8" hooked to a PC could make 8" disks.
>>
>
>How do you do this? I am interested.
>
>What floppy controller do you use? I am assuming it is for the ISA bus?
>Anything for a PCI bus.
>
>Anything for EISA, I am keeping one EISA bus system.

Look in the comp.os.cpm FAQ. It's Q14. There's not much to it.
Just a matter of making a converter cable to go from the 34 pin
floppy connector on any "PC" compatible floppy controller to the
50 pin connector on the 8 inch drive. You may have to play around
with the drive select and the head load/motor on signals to get
it to work just right.
Received on Thu May 29 2003 - 12:32:01 BST