On 1/31/20 12:26 AM, Lee Olivares wrote:
This is what I think it is, right?
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/art/d/knitting-machine-knit-brother-disk/7065377027.html
If anyone wants, I can nab and ship...
- Lee
- 909.437.0250
- Destroying technology problems.
Interesting. I've never seen that re-badge before.
As far as I know, the original drive is Brother FB-100 and meant for
knitting machines.
Tandy's is a re-badge, possibly also a different firmware, although
given the nature of the TPDD1 bootstrap procedure, maybe TPDD1 is really
just a rebadge and only TPDD2 has a custom firmware.
I think Purple computing sold a rebadge, intended for M100's.
And this is another rebadge, intended for knitting machines like the
original.
It would be interesting to see if the firmware on this one actually
works with a TPDD dos. I would really doubt that the disk that came with
this one had any M100 dos on it like floppy.co, but maybe the TPDD1
bootstrap procedure works as long as you have a TPDD1 system disk inserted?
You would need a tpdd cable, because the one included has no dsub25 plug
and probably no level-shifter transitors either. And you would need a
TPDD1 system disk, and a new FRW-8.5 belt because I really doubt this
one has been replaced or else the seller would say so, and if it hasn't
been replaced, then it's tar.
I'm interested but I think not $100 interested. Maybe 50 not including
shipping. Except I have a TPDD1 and TPDD2 already so really it's just
curiosity.
If anyone else wants it, arcade shopper has the disk, cable, and belt to
make it work. And you can even get away without the disk since we have
Teeny and TS-DOS installable from downloads. Although several of the
archived BASIC utils that do disk stuff require the original floppy.co,
and that can only come from the disk. But that's getting kind of hefty.
Disk $15, cable $25, Belt $8, plus the drive even at $50 let alone $100,
plus shipping...
Or you can make the cable yourself, but it comes out to hardly less than
the completed cable. and you can find the belt elsewhere but not for
less than that already, or maybe $1 less. The disk you can live without.
Still adds up even that way.
--
bkw
