litterbox99
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I recently picked up another Imsai and it came with an external
floppy drive(s) and controller card. I haven't been able to find
any doc's on the controller; Micro Applications INC. 2100.
http://home.mchsi.com/~litterbox99/temp/floppy.jpg
I'd like to know more about it before I power it up.
I was able to ID the drives, two Shugart 400's.
I don't know if there mini's, they measure about 3" 1/2
tall.
http://home.mchsi.com/~litterbox99/temp/drive.jpg
The drives are clean, but it looks like the power supply
has had a few rectifiers replaced and there is evidence
of burning on the PCB. I have a switcher that is just the
right size I'll drop in.
It came with 14 floppy disks labeled Dos, Basic, Games,
monitor and etc... These disks have more than one index
hole, like 10 of them, so from what I gather, they are hard
sectored ?
Is a Shugart 400 a soft or hard sectored drive ?
or is this controller dependent ?
I'm not sure if the disks & drives are original to the Imsai.
Yeah ! more to learn
floppy drive(s) and controller card. I haven't been able to find
any doc's on the controller; Micro Applications INC. 2100.
http://home.mchsi.com/~litterbox99/temp/floppy.jpg
I'd like to know more about it before I power it up.
I was able to ID the drives, two Shugart 400's.
I don't know if there mini's, they measure about 3" 1/2
tall.
http://home.mchsi.com/~litterbox99/temp/drive.jpg
The drives are clean, but it looks like the power supply
has had a few rectifiers replaced and there is evidence
of burning on the PCB. I have a switcher that is just the
right size I'll drop in.
It came with 14 floppy disks labeled Dos, Basic, Games,
monitor and etc... These disks have more than one index
hole, like 10 of them, so from what I gather, they are hard
sectored ?
Is a Shugart 400 a soft or hard sectored drive ?
or is this controller dependent ?
I'm not sure if the disks & drives are original to the Imsai.
Yeah ! more to learn