Finally found Micropolis FDD Controller Card (drives still available) Australia

[captaineos]

Hi VCF team
Months ago you may remember my FS thread for an Exidy and Micropolis drives. Today I'm happy to say I found one more box passed down to me from a family member. Inside was what looks like a Micropolis controller card. Could this be what everyone said was missing? The Exidy was since sold to put toward my Uni fees for semester one but 2x Micropolis drives and now the missing link are here!

Photos for everyones critique:


Higher quality ones: http://imgur.com/a/xuaxM

Sadly there is only one card. Offers considered by reply, email (jeremybh1@gmail.com) or private message.
Jeremy

 

[jharre]

Interesting, you may have found it.

If so, you would only have one controller for both drives. The 34 pin cable on the top of the card would "daisy-chain" to each drive.

It has been decades since I saw a discrete logic floppy controller (with no LSI chip like a Western Digital WD1771), and that one was on several cards in a card cage. This doesn't seem to have enough chips on it - but perhaps my memory is faulty.

 

[MarsMan2020]

Look like a Micropolis controller to me - http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware Folder/Vector Graphic/VG Micropolis FDC/VG Micropolis FDC.htm

I have one in my Vector MZ.

 

[captaineos]

Excellent link. Thank you for that, I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.

 

[MikeS]

Look like a Micropolis controller to me - http://www.s100computers.com/Hardware Folder/Vector Graphic/VG Micropolis FDC/VG Micropolis FDC.htm

I have one in my Vector MZ.

So have I; two, as a matter of fact. Don't know if it was mentioned elsewhere, but this controller is for relatively rare 16-sector hard-sectored diskettes.

BTW, I sent John of S100computers a PM that it's a 5 1/4" controller, not 8"

 

[billdeg]

there was talk of a Micropolis / 16-sector drive pow-wow at VCF MW this year.