I think the obvious answer is to build a TPDD3, with a PC 3.5" drive and a Rasbperry Pi...
Never mind that the disk drive is more powerful than the computer. It's time to party like it's 1989!!!! Tom Wilson wilso...@gmail.com (619)940-6311 K6ABZ On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 5:36 PM Ben Strewens <bungop...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have one of these drives, but no disk for it. I was able to do the PC > hack to make it work, but I'd rather have the disk. Is there anyone in > Canada that could make one for me for a small fee? > > On 2020-07-14 7:32 p.m., Doug Jackson wrote: > > Ohhh Ahhhh, > > Stephen, are you hinting that with an actual drive I could recreate my own > TPPD 1 disk? That would be cool. I am just about to do a belt > replacement on one who's belt turned into black goo - When I removed the > belt it literally went everywhere - and then the cleanup of the workshop > bench was spectacular. Alcohol worked a treat :-) > > While there are beautiful solid state versions of the TPPD now, but the > concept of a drive that clicks and whirs is very appealing to me, Just like > the 8" drives in my PDP11. > > Kindest regards, > > Doug Jackson > > em: d...@doughq.com > ph: 0414 986878 > > Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com > Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Just like an old fashioned letter, this email and any files transmitted > with it should probably be treated as confidential and intended solely for > your own use. > > Please note that any interesting spelling is usually my own and may have > been caused by fat thumbs on a tiny tiny keyboard. > > Should any part of this message prove to be useful in the event of the > imminent Zombie Apocalypse then the sender bears no personal, legal, or > moral responsibility for any outcome resulting from its usage unless the > result of said usage is the unlikely defeat of the Zombie Hordes in which > case the sender takes full credit without any theoretical or actual legal > liability. :-) > > Be nice to your parents. > > Go outside and do something awesome - Draw, paint, walk, setup a > radio station, go fishing or sailing - just do something that makes you > happy. > > ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G- In more laid back days this line would literally > sing ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G ^G > > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:08 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I believe that it is just not possible to use PC hardware ... drive, >> controller... to read a TPDD disk. >> >> The disk is encoded with FM whereas a normal drive is MFM. Or maybe that >> is backwards. >> >> Not sure but possibly a Catweasel drive can be used. But that is >> specialized. >> >> Perhaps though a real TPDD drive connected to the pc is good enough? I >> think there is software for that . >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, RETRO Innovations <go4re...@go4retro.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Is there really no way to read the 3.5" disks in a PC (even an older >>> one, via DOS, with a discrete FDC IC)? I'd like to backup my TPDD disks, >>> but my M100 is set up for the DVI right now, and I'd prefer to not redo all >>> of that. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> -- >>> RETRO Innovations, Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems >>> www.go4retro.com >>> store.go4retro.com >>> >>> >
