8" floppy project

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Tue Jul 27 21:56:26 2004

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:
> The first order of business is an interface cable for a standard ISA
> floppy/IDE controller. I've found this pinout:
> http://tinyurl.com/5c5fb
> but no confirmation that it actually worked with a YD-180 drive,
> which is what I have available.

That'll depend on some details and jumpers of the YD-180,
such as Disk Change v Ready, etc.

You might want to look at
http://www.dbit.com
(they also peddle a 5.25 to 8 inch adapter)
http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html

Some PC FDCs will read single density, but
you'll need different hardware to handle the "mixed density" stuff.
Received on Tue Jul 27 2004 - 21:56:26 BST

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