[Coco] Re: My coco3 gallery (Bob Devries)

[Stan Blazejewski]

If Bob doesn't have it, I still have the assembly manual/schematic of the Ausy
design 'mini' disk controller that Bob mentions in one of his other posts.
It's a bit worst for wear (well used) but a high res scan should be readable.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:34:52 -0700, you wrote:

> > Yeah, it still works. I was kinda surprised myself.
> > I did use it with a disk drive (also home built) based on a 2793
> > Western Digital controller.
>
>Mr. Devries,
>
>Would you happen to have the schematics for that controller? I don't 
>even know if the 2793 controller still exists or not, but I could use a 
>schematic of a "recent" disk controller.
>
>One of my future projects is the restoration of an Altair 8800, and I 
>have ideas on getting a disk system up on it (as well as a network 
>interface - dreaming big here) to save any toggled in code. I have yet 
>to find an old issue of Byte or something that could lead me in such a 
>direction, as to how to build such a thing (I also am needing a pinout 
>of the S-100 bus, but that shouldn't be hard to find). I am not looking 
>to have a disk system that could read disks of the era. To do so is as 
>close to impossible as I have seen; floppies of the time (most? all?) 
>were hard-sectored, and I have never held a real one, I have only seen 
>photos. It has been easier for me to find punch cards and core memory 
>for my small "collection" of old hardware. I am just looking for a 
>system that I could save new work on.
>
>If you don't have the schematic, I wouldn't worry about it. I am sure 
>that when I get to that point in the restoration, I will be able to find 
>something that can help me.
>
>Thank you,
>
>-- Andrew L. Ayers
>    Glendale (Phoenix), Arizona
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