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From: Anders Carlsson on 26 Jul 2006 17:32 "xc8/bRONx" <csynt8bit(a)gmail.com> writes: > Note that its possible to connect an ATX (pc) power supply to > the 1581 drive. Or probably an AT, Mac or about any power supply that outputs stabilized 5V and 12V in non-trivial effects. I power one of my 1541-IIs from my PC, but a friend offered me a loose power supply from a Mac LC that probably could do the job and take much less space if I want to use it standalone. -- Anders Carlsson
From: Craig Taylor on 26 Jul 2006 20:09 Mark Smith wrote: > Leif Bloomquist wrote: > > For those who would rather buy these from the comfort and safety of eBay, > > I've listed them there as well. Includes a couple of pictures of the kits. > > > > http://forum.cmdrkey.com/viewtopic.php?p=1471 > > > > (Sorry, can't link to eBay directly.) > > > > eBay item# 300011342939 > > Thanks ... E-bay gives a 'slightly' warmer feeling of safety .. not > much mind but a little :-) Question: Can you use a HD flippy assembly inside them? I would assume that the control lines / programming logic would default the assembly to low-density writes but it might come in handy to do it that way so as to not run into the same issues w/ formatting hd flippies. - Craig Taylor http://www.ctalkobt.net/cbm
From: Nicolas Welte on 27 Jul 2006 01:40 Anders Carlsson wrote: > "xc8/bRONx" <csynt8bit(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> Note that its possible to connect an ATX (pc) power supply to >> the 1581 drive. > > Or probably an AT, Mac or about any power supply that outputs > stabilized 5V and 12V in non-trivial effects. I power one of > my 1541-IIs from my PC, but a friend offered me a loose power > supply from a Mac LC that probably could do the job and take > much less space if I want to use it standalone. Some Floppy drives need 5V only. In this case, a 5V power supply will do. I plan to use my 1581 board in my C64DTV project together with a slimline laptop floppy drive, so I can run all components from a single 5V source. But I saw normal sized 3,5" HD drives with 5V as well. Nicolas
From: Anders Carlsson on 27 Jul 2006 09:42 Nicolas Welte <welte_spam(a)freenet.de> writes: > Some Floppy drives need 5V only. ... and the logic board only uses 5V? Is it the drive mechanism in a 1541/71/81 that typically needs the 12V? -- Anders Carlsson
From: Nicolas Welte on 27 Jul 2006 12:09
Anders Carlsson wrote: > Nicolas Welte <welte_spam(a)freenet.de> writes: > >> Some Floppy drives need 5V only. > > ... and the logic board only uses 5V? Is it the drive mechanism > in a 1541/71/81 that typically needs the 12V? > yes, and mainly the motors. In the 1540/41/51/70/71 there is 12V depending motor control circuits on the mainboard as well. Nicolas |