Hi Ali, I'm planning on a USB controller, but I've seen ISA projects that are also microcontroller based so I think it wouldn't be awfully difficult to replace the USB data pipe with an ISA one.
Zooming out, I have a list of USB controllers to build: - Kennedy 9800 tape drive - IBM 6360 8" floppy drive - IBM <something> 5 1/4" floppy drive My friends think it's silly, and they're probably right. =P On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 1:18 PM Ali <[email protected] wrote: > > > > Now that I have my glorious disk toaster (2D model I think, says "2D" > > on > > the drive levers), I want to build a controller for it. I found pinouts > > and > > some description of the media organization here: > > > > http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/6580_Displaywriter/S241- > > 6248-3_Displaywriter_6360_6580_Product_Support_Manual_Feb1983.pdf > > Congratulations! Those are nice looking drives. The problem of course is > they don't work with anything "standard". > > > I'd like to actually store data to these disks in the same manner the > > original systems did, and I'm proficient in hardware/firmware. Has > > anyone > > made a controller for this already? How about emulating the filesystem? > > Wow. That is going to be big endeavor.... A question what is your target > system (i.e. are you planning on implementing this on a controller > connected to a modern system w/ USB or are you planning on a nice ISA card > so these drives can be used on older systems?) I wish I could help you > technically but my background is far removed from engineering... However, I > will follow with great interest specially if you go the ISA route... > > -Ali > >
