Re: Replacement drive mechanism for 1581

I'll definitely have to look at one. Thanks.

m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michał Pleban" <lists@michau.name>
To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Replacement drive mechanism for 1581


> Hello!
> 
> Mike Stein wrote:
> 
>> Still seems odd; maybe they used the same twisted cable motor control trick as the PC, maybe even with swapped drive designators...
> 
> Nope, it's the 8250LP-style drive mechanism, with two separate cables
> for every drive (so 4 connectors on the mainboard). In fact, you can
> connect a 8250LP or SFD1001 drive to the C900 and it will work (however
> the TPI density will be different from the original drive). So no real
> reason to connect the only drive as #1 not #0.
> 
> Now I remembered that even the Coherent system for C900 has /dev/fd1 but
> it does not have /dev/fd0 (though you could make it with an utility like
> mknod).
> 
> Regards,
> Michau.
> 
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