8 bit SBC with floppy controller for disk archiving [was Xerox 820 system disks in Teledisk format]

[Steven Hirsch]

On Tue, 12 May 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:

> On 12 May 2009 at 9:48, Lyle Bickley wrote:
>
>> I bought one of these years ago. Works great!

> I know about the dbit thing--and have recommended it to others
> sticking 8" drives on PeeCees, but while inexpensive, the cost isn't
> insignificant.

Cost is always in the eye of the buyer (to mangle an expression) :-) 
After spending an evening splicing ribbon cables together I decided life's 
too short (I know about Dave's adapter, BTW, there were other factors 
involved with this decision).

> If my latest referral's experience is any indicator, these things are
> not "in stock" and the person who orders one may have a long wait.

I checked beforehand and he claimed to have ten in stock.  We shall see.

> I think that the dbit adapter is a bit over-engineered, however.  The
> same thing could be probably be accomplished with a 6 or 8 pin PIC.

Perhaps he was leaving the door open to some more complex function in the 
future?  There was a mention of pending support for RX50 drives on the 
34-pin connector - just a guess.

Steve


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