Re: Did Commodore cheat with the quad density floppies?

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 13:42:38 +0100
Message-ID: <670fcb99-01dc-32f5-017d-99a28bef7dd6@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 1/4/19 1:28 PM, André Fachat wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 4. Januar 2019 13:17:08 schrieb Gerrit Heitsch 
> <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de>:
> 
>> On 1/4/19 12:22 PM, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you remember how the analogue section was solved there? All 
>>> discrete or something like in 1541-II?
>>
>> The read amp seems to be an MC3470 in 18pin DIP. Not sure what they use
>> for the write circuit, but there is a MC3346 next to the read amp which
>> is a 'General purpose Transistor Array One Differentially connected Pair
>> and three isolated Transistor Arrays'. Probably that plus some analogue
>> tricks.
>>
>>  Gerrit
> 
> The MC3470 is BTW what Apple used in the Disk II anlogue board. So it 
> has been around for awhile

Well, if it works and it cheap, why not use it? It's still easily 
available and still cheap (1 Euro) too.

  Gerrit
Received on 2019-01-04 14:01:30

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