DG MP200 / DG6095 info sought

[Bruce Ray]

G'day Jos -

Congratulations on the MP/200 acquisition - it was a very unique design that 
emulated the microNova and was the last product in the microNova series (all 
previous DG designs used versions of the DG proprietary microNova chipset).

The 6095 is a 5MB fixed/5 MB removable disk drive that was used with 
microNova products (and microEclipse products), and corresponds to the 6045 
disks for the "standard" Nova and Eclipse systems. (DG used different 
peripherals for its "micro" product line since the microNova I/O bus is 
different than the "regular" Nova and Eclipse I/O bus.  The disk pack sector 
interleave value(s) may be different between the "standard" Nova/Eclipse 
disk models and the microNova models.)

I believe the Diablo 44 disk packs were compatible but would have to verify 
this.

Please contact me off-list at your convenience; I will research schematics 
and other documentation. for you...


Bruce
bkr at WildHareComputers.com


Bruce Ray
Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
...preserving the Data General legacy:  www.NovasAreForever.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jos Dreesen" <jdr_use at bluewin.ch>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 02:29 AM
Subject: DG MP200 / DG6095 info sought


> The one  piece in my collection that is lacking documentation is my Data 
> General  micronova MP/200.  It has a 2901 based CPU, 16k or 64k dram 
> memory,( 32x DG1100 DRAMS) and loads of ECO wires.
>
>
> Furthermore it has a DG6095-1 diskdrive. One fixed, one cartridge platter.
> Is this a 5MB platter ( as previously indicated on this list ) or a 10 MB 
> platter (as indicated on a sticker on the device itself ).
>
> So :
> - any schematics out there ?
> - any cartridges avaliable ( Europe...)
> - from the farris website i deduced that Diablo 44 cartridges would fit . 
> Correct?
> - Formatting software available should I find some fitting cartridges ?
>
>
> Jos
>
>
>