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Yes bill

  I have added metalic spacers (about 1cm) between the ST225 and the
  SASI board - It goes like a charm perfectly straight

  Regards,
  Hervé

  ----- Message d'origine -----
  De: Bill Degnan
  Date: Lundi, Avril 27, 2009 16:54
  Objet: re: Re : Re: 90x0, was: New user
  À: cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se

  > Hervé,
  >
  > As I predicted in an earlier post, the drive does not work with a
  > ST 225 and the cover on. You have to make custom risers to
  > compensate for the drive height differences and to keep the
  > controller board completely straight, or leave the cover off. A
  > slight bend in either controller will prevent the drive from
  > initializing correctly.
  >
  > Bill
  >
  >
  >
  > -------- Original Message --------
  > > From: hwarin@neuf.fr
  > > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:01 AM
  > > To: cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se
  > > Subject: Re : Re: 90x0, was: New user
  > >
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  > >
  > > Hi, all
  > >
  > > Very amazing the "explosion" of answers to my mail "hello - I
  > have a
  > > 9090 working !". Thanks you all for your welcome messages.
  > >
  > > I've got some update from my 9090 :
  > > - I've taken picture of all that could be taken in picture
  > > - I've closed the box and tryed to put it in the opposite side
  > (fan> up) in the objective to have a better heat extraction. The
  > ST225> stopped to work ! I've put it again on the side with the
  > fan down and
  > > the ST225 started to work again ! Any idea the reason why ?
  > > - I've had a closer look to the tandon 603 - It's definitely
  > dead as
  > > the plate engine can't run the mecanism - There is a huge hard
  > point> and it's even difficult to rotate it by hand. There most
  > have been a
  > > serious choc to this unit, even if silent blocs are imposants.
  > > - I've changed the unit number back to #10 (removed the strap
  > wire)>
  > > => Another questions
  > > - How many operationnal D9090 do you imagine are actually
  > still in
  > > the world ?
  > > - How many were built ?
  > > - What was original retail price ?
  > > - Does it exists a "test/demo" disk for this ? Does anyone has
  one
  > > copy ?
  > >
  > >
  > > Best regards - Hervé
  > >
  > >
  > > ----- Message d'origine -----
  > > De: Ethan Dicks
  > > Date: Mercredi, Avril 15, 2009 16:11
  > > Objet: Re: 90x0, was: New user
  > > À: cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se
  > >
  > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Anders Carlsson
  > > > wrote:
  > > > > Ruud Baltissen wrote:
  > > > >
  > > > >> we can replace the MFM-drive by any drive we like:
  > > > >
  > > > > Honestly though, aren't 90X0 drives mostly collectable?
  > > >
  > > > Sure, but the 90X0 drives are also repairable and somewhat
  > > > modular, so
  > > > for me, at least, fixing a broken DOS board is something
  > obvious to
  > > > do. If I had a dead drive or a dead "middle board", I'd more
  > > > seriously consider either a more modern MFM drive (like an
  > ST225)> or
  > > > some way to hang a drive or drive emulator (FlashROM) off of
  the
  > > SASI
  > > > port so that the DOS board _thinks_ there's a drive out there.
  > > >
  > > > I'm not one to have a box just to look at - I want to run it
  > if it
  > > > works and fix it if it's broke. I know there are those out
  there
  > > who
  > > > are more interested in a "complete" system because of how it
  > > > looks. I
  > > > am much more in the "use and repair as necessary" group.
  > That being
  > > > said, I probably wouldn't toss out an old TM602S or TM603S
  > even if
  > > I
  > > > did replace it for use with something more modern (even an
  > ST225).> >
  > > > > For
  > > > > practical purposes of a storage device, I'm sure you can
  build
  > > > something> that is both smaller, lighter and more durable from
  > > > almost scratch.
  > > >
  > > > Sure. Since there's virtually no software that depends on
  DOS3.0
  > > REL
  > > > files, there's nothing particularly magical about the
  > > implementation
  > > > of CBM DOS on the 90x0. One could design an entirely new
  > IEEE-based
  > > > storage device (and someone probably should), but since I
  > already> have
  > > > a couple of D90x0 drives sitting around and because the IEEE
  > > hardware
  > > > and firmware is done and known to be working on the DOS
  > board, I
  > > > always attacked the problem from the point of view of putting
  > > > something different on the far side of the DOS board than the
  > > "middle
  > > > board" and Tandon disk (especially since Tandons are odd and
  > rare> and
  > > > expensive).
  > > >
  > > > I am not in a position to be designing an IEEE storage
  > device from
  > > > scratch, but if such a project comes around, I'd be happy to
  > help> > debug and use it. The one thing that I'd want it to do
  > is to
  > > support
  > > > either floppy images (so U1/U2 commands work on the contents
  > of the
  > > > image) or have a way for an application to seek to an arbitrary
  > > > position in a file and read a block. This is to support a
  > virtual> > memory scheme for Infocom games. I have it working on
  > floppy-based
  > > > games (i.e. - just as Infocom did for the C-64), but am
  > unable to
  > > > migrate that to the D90x0. Some/most of the Flash-based IEC
  > drive> > emulators that I've seen will let you mount a partition
  > that's a
  > > .d64
  > > > file, which would completely suffice.
  > > >
  > > > -ethan
  > > >
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  > > >
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