Date   : Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:52:03 GMT
From   : aclark@netcom.com (Al Clark)
Subject: Re: 8 inch drive questions

In article <C1H0FH.9H6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu
(Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>As I look at the pile of unused (unusable) 8" drives in one corner of 
>my basement, I came up with a couple of questions
>
>1) What do I need for the DIP style terminator resistors on Qume DataTrak8
>   DSDS drive?
>
>2) I have a couple of fancy 1/2 height NEC 8" drives that use DC power
>   only. What is the pin out on the power plug? I't a little 4 or 5 
>square pins in row connector, not the usual massive block style.
>
>3) Does anyone have mods to a cheap PC floppy controller to let it read/write
>   8" drives? I'm not interested in buying a new card, but have several
>   extra XT and AT floppy controllers to experiment with.

       Can't help with 1 and 2, but the AT 1.2 Mbyte format is
       supposed to be hardware and software compatible with the
       8" drive double sided double density format.  Haven't
       actually hooked one up myself, but I'd be interested to
       know what results you get.  Note that the cable is not the
       same, so you have to figure out an adapter.

       Good luck.
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Al - aclark@netcom.com - My opinions are my own.