Re: 90x0

Re: 90x0

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:02:55 -0400
Message-ID: <f4eb766f0904280302j1d500142m9455a00269bfa95d@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:36 AM,  <ruud.baltissen@apg.nl> wrote:
> Hallo Anders,
>
>> If everyone are sitting with the  same kind of DOS
>> board we have something in common.
>
> Two ideas:
>  - The 1541 and the 2031 are very similar. André even published an article saying how to convert a 1541 into a 2031. Combine it with 1541IDE and you there you have your IEEE-harddisk.

That would be one way to do it - I have a 2031LP that I tend to use
most often with my 3032 (US 2001-32N) PET, mostly because it weighs
less than my 4040.

>  - What about using a more common 8250 or 8050 as base?

Were those really so common?  In my area, perhaps because of when the
PET was popular, I saw more 4040 drives.  All of mine are upgraded
2040s (new DOS ROMs and 6530s).

Ultimately, though, it should be possible to adapt an IDE disk to any
IEEE drive, as long as someone with the necessary skills and equipment
(and time ;-) has a particular variety.

>> * About 40 mixed IEEE dual floppy drives (3040, 4040, 8050,
>> 8250, 8250LP)
>> * About 15-20 mixed PETs (2001N, 3032, 4032, 8032, 8032-SK, 8296D)
>> * About 10 mixed B-series (610, 710/720, B500)
>> * About 4-5 loose VIC-20s, complete or in parts
>> * About 2-3 boxed C64C's, plus loose parts
>> * Two or three 2031's (none LP)
>> * Four D90X0 hard drives (two working, of which one with a ST-225)
>> * Lots of other random stuff, loose boards etc

That sounds like a larger version of my pile.  I have plenty of CPUs
prior to the B-series (PETs of most flavors of ROM and video types,
VIC/VC-20s, C64s...), most of the disk drives (no tall 2031, no 8",
nothing newer than the 8250, but including working D9060 and D9090
drives).  I really should go over my pile and see about thinning the
herd where it comes to duplicates.

-ethan


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