Re: Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

2018-08-24 Thread jos via cctalk
On 23.08.2018 22:50, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: another one https://forum.classic-computing.org/forum/index.php?thread/13826-datic/ ...which is the very machine I was looking at... And yes, that westernDynax drive looks remarkably similar. The 2-pcb, TTL based, controller for the drives

Re: Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

2018-08-23 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:37 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > First time I have seen a 14" drive on a CP/M system > There were some versions of CP/M on the Intel MDS development system (the _original_ CP/M machine) with support for the Intel MDS 740 hard disk system, which was an Intel SBC 206

Re: Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

2018-08-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
another one https://forum.classic-computing.org/forum/index.php?thread/13826-datic/ On 8/23/18 1:37 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > > Ran into an early CP/M system today, from german company Datic. > It is a single-user 8080 system, featuring a delay-line based CRT output and > an Ampex 844 fixed

Re: Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

2018-08-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
on the other hand it looks a lot like the Western Dynex drive http://www.glb-online.com/produit5.html http://jim-st.blogspot.com/search/label/dynex http://bitsavers.org/pdf/westernDynex On 8/23/18 1:37 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > > Ran into an early CP/M system today, from german company

Re: Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

2018-08-23 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 8/23/18 1:37 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > Is this simply a Diablo 44 equivalent, as I suspect, or is this a true > standalone development from Ampex ? they made their own http://www.glb-online.com/disk-never-used1.html I'm mostly familiar with their 80mb SMD drives

Datic 2000 / Ampex 844 Documentation ?

2018-08-23 Thread jos via cctalk
Ran into an early CP/M system today, from german company Datic. It is a single-user 8080 system, featuring a delay-line based CRT output and an Ampex 844 fixed platter / removable 14" cartridge driver. Is this simply a Diablo 44 equivalent, as I suspect, or is this a true standalone