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Thanks. I found some other posts on VCFED that appear to be about the same peripheral and photos of documentation/schematics but it doesn't appear that proper scans have ever been put up anywhere. Yes I am familiar with the Stringy Floppy for the Sorcerer. The Sorcerer version was developed here...

Some Sorcerer software has recently come to light in France. Have you found out any more about this drive or any documentation or schematics? Would it be possible to get some photos of the internals showing the PCB layout to see if there are any ROMs or an internal microprocessor?

This is completely untrue.

You might want to put a link to your channel in your profile ...

Hi Ian, I have been through my archives and have found an article entitled "Technicolour (sic) for the Exidy" by Pete Scargill from SPEC (Sorcerer Program Exchange Club) Issue 6, January 1980, talking about his experience with the Stuart Micrographics colour graphics board in an Exidy Sorcerer...

Yes and also with a Gotek. The only difference is the TPI. The Exidy FDS (Floppy Disk Subsystem), which was a solution that dispensed with the need for the S-100 Expansion Unit, used a 100TPI drive, and the drive itself is interchangeable with a drive in a Liveport or in a standalone enclosure...

I hadn't heard of desoldering needles - they look very interesting - but I'm talking about clearing a hole that no longer has a component lead in it just a plug of solder out of reach of the braid - are they still of value in that situation? I have been tempted to get a desoldering setup but...

I much prefer single-sided. I've never had a problem with lifting tracks on SS boards but I find doing genuine prototyping, where you are inserting and removing components in the same holes, to be a miserable experience with through hole plated prototyping boards. More heat is required to...

HI Brian I'm also in inner Melbourne. Let's meet up some time.

I thought STERM80 was for an 80 column Sorcerer ...

I can send you the source code for STERM12 and I have binaries for STERM11 and various others.

or just mount the iBook on another Mac using Firewire Target Disk Mode

You will definitely want to read Hal Chamberlin's classic Musical Applications of Microprocessors.

Received today thanks Chris. A lot of cleaning to do before I try and get the drive going. What sort of CP/M system do you have?

Thanks mate.