Den Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:44:29 -0400 skrev "Mike Stein" <mhs.stein@gmail.com>: > > This made me think that it might be possible to use standard PC > > style drives. > > The major issue is mechanical: 8050/8250 drives are 100 TPI and 'PC > style' drives are either 48 TPI or 96 TPI; you might be able to get > one to work but it wouldn't be compatible with any other 8x50 drive. > > Tandon and Micropolis (and probably MPI as well) did make 100 TPI > drives for other computers, but they're pretty rare; if you found a > 48 or 96TPI drive from the same manufacturer (Tandon, Micropolis or > MPI) you might be able to replace the stepper assembly, but I doubt > that it would be worth while. Oh, interesting, thanks for this! -- (\_/) Copy the bunny to your mails to help (O.o) him achieve world domination. (> <) Come join the dark side. /_|_\ We have cookies.Received on 2018-03-20 02:00:03
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