Michanek
New Member
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2022
- Messages
- 4
I'm looking for valid information (not guesses) on what brands and models of disk drives that could be used with the Exidy Sorcerer computer.
I know there was an S-100 expansion box for this computer, to which you could connect disk drives. But I also know that there were disk drives that could be connected directly to the 50-pin expansion bus at the back of the computer, without any need for an expansion box. It is such disk drives I'm looking for.
Could the Micropolis model 1042 (see image) be such a disk drive, or did it need more hardware to be used with the Sorcerer?
I have found an Exidy manual for "Floppy Disk Subsystem", which contains the following info:
1.3 Configuration. You can use your Floppy Disk Subsystem in two configurations:
1.3.1 One stand-alone unit. This uses a 50-conductor cable (supplied) from the Sorcerer to the unit and an AC power cord. The cord is supplied with the unit, but not attached to it.
1.3.2 One unit plus an add-on. There are two cables, a 34-pin flat cable and a 4-conductor power cable. These two run between the main unit and the add-on.
2.4 Floppy Disk Subsystem Add-on. You may purchase from your Exidy dealer or distributor an optional add-on disk drive unit.
This unit comes with a 34-conductor cable and a power cord. The add-on receives DC power from the main unit and does not require voltage adjustment (as explained in 2.3.1).
Attaching the add-on unit requires removing the cases of both units. You should have your dealer do this for you.
However, it's not clear to me what the "add-on" unit really is.
Is the Micropolis model 1042 a standalone unit or an add-on unit, does anyone know?
I know there was an S-100 expansion box for this computer, to which you could connect disk drives. But I also know that there were disk drives that could be connected directly to the 50-pin expansion bus at the back of the computer, without any need for an expansion box. It is such disk drives I'm looking for.
Could the Micropolis model 1042 (see image) be such a disk drive, or did it need more hardware to be used with the Sorcerer?
I have found an Exidy manual for "Floppy Disk Subsystem", which contains the following info:
1.3 Configuration. You can use your Floppy Disk Subsystem in two configurations:
1.3.1 One stand-alone unit. This uses a 50-conductor cable (supplied) from the Sorcerer to the unit and an AC power cord. The cord is supplied with the unit, but not attached to it.
1.3.2 One unit plus an add-on. There are two cables, a 34-pin flat cable and a 4-conductor power cable. These two run between the main unit and the add-on.
2.4 Floppy Disk Subsystem Add-on. You may purchase from your Exidy dealer or distributor an optional add-on disk drive unit.
This unit comes with a 34-conductor cable and a power cord. The add-on receives DC power from the main unit and does not require voltage adjustment (as explained in 2.3.1).
Attaching the add-on unit requires removing the cases of both units. You should have your dealer do this for you.
However, it's not clear to me what the "add-on" unit really is.
Is the Micropolis model 1042 a standalone unit or an add-on unit, does anyone know?