Date   : Sun, 05 May 1993 07:27:45 WET-2
From   : Walter Meyer <WMEYER@...>
Subject: Equivalent for 8271 FDC?

A local school has a number of BBC model B's with Amcom DFS's
(using the 8271 FDC from Intel).  Recently one of the FDC chips
blew.  Since they would like to keep the BBC's as similar as possible,
and also continue to use their Amcom's DFS disks (which seem to be
incompatible with anything else), they are not keen to upgrade to a
1770 DFS.

I understand the 8271 is no longer manufactured by Intel, but,
according to the local Intel agents, an equivalent is manufactured by
NEC under a different part number.  Does anybody know what this part
number is or wether it or any equivalent by another manufacturer
exists?

Any help would be appreciated

Walter

Walter Meyer (wmeyer@...)
Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, South Africa