Re: 8050 6530s

From: Ville Laustela <ville.laustela_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:44:58 +0300
Message-Id: <49669784-CE7F-42DA-9A65-EA36E2A00B41@gmail.com>
Hi, not yet. I have been busy building my newly-received Amiga 3000T :) I’ll have a look on the drive as soon as I get my bench cleared.

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Ville




> William Levak <wlevak@SDF.ORG> kirjoitti 3.8.2015 kello 6.32:
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> Were you able to read the 6530?
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> 
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, William Levak wrote:
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>> there is a program at:
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>>  www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/firmware/drives/old
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>> that will read out the 6530 ROM.  The comment has the device numbers reversed.  Since the program uses the controller's RAM to transfer the data, it must be written out on a different drive.
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>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, Ville Laustela wrote:
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>>> Hi.
>>> If it’s any help, I have an 8050 disk drive. Looking at my photos of it’s insides, it has Micropolis drives (”Micropolis Disk Storage Module Model No. 1006-II”) and the UK3 is 901483-03, dated 5081 (I think, the photo is rather fuzzy). The analog board has voltage regulators on the back corners.
>>> I don’t have a dump of the chip, but I could probably do that. How was it done on these RIOT chips again? Can I dump it’s contents over Zoomfloppy, or do I have to use an EPROM reader?
>>> —
>>> Ville L.
>>>> William Levak <wlevak@SDF.ORG> kirjoitti 15.7.2015 kello 17.57:
>>>> After comparing 8050 6530 images from several sources, I have several discrepancies.
>>>> I have two working drives with 6530 901483-03, date code 1882, with Micropolis mechanisms. The ROM contents are the same as Martin's 901483-02 and zimmers.net DOS 2.5 Tandon.
>>>> Martin has a 901483-03 that is different then my 901483-03 and does not match any other 6530 ROM image.
>>>> At this point, more information is needed to resolve this.
>>>> If you have an 8050 with DOS 2.5, check the 6530 at location UK3.  If it is 901483-02 or 901483-03, more information is needed.
>>>> Compare the ROM image with that on zimmers.net. Is it the same or different?  What is the date code?  What brand of drive mechanism?
>>>> You cannot tell which drive mechanism you have from the front bezel.  All but the Micropolis Safari look the same.  The analog board on top of drive 0 is different. Tandon drives have two voltage regulators near the center of the board.  On all other models, the voltage regulators are on the back corners.
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