Does anyone have experience running the MTI MXV22M? It's a dual-height QBus 
card that emulates RX02 but uses a 5.25" 96 TPI drive. I've got a small heap of 
them and we're trying to get them going.

When trying to format diskettes using the process documented in the manual, the 
drive selects for maybe a second then deselects, and we get a drive not ready 
error. The controller isn't using the ready line, as the SA-460 for which it is 
designed doesn't supply it. No traces physically connect to pin 34.

Since we're close to out of ideas, we've also plugged in a pair of Shugart 
SA-800s, on the idea that maybe the MXV22M is close enough to the MXV22 to show 
some signs of life. It doesn't give a drive not ready error, and it will step 
the heads like it's really formatting, but never loads the heads.

Happy for any input on this one!

Thanks,
Jonathan


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