Monthly Archives: March 2006

added commands

So I’ve added commands to support forward/backward stepping and upper and lower sides. R for Read D for Dump F/B for stepping either Forward or Backward U/L for selecting upper or lower side. I’ve tested these commands and they are … Continue reading

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March 21st Status

Well, here’s where I’m at: The external amiga floppy drive is now hooked directly to my SX microcontroller.  The code within the microcontroller waits for a command.  If it get’s a “B” command via USB, it turns the motor on … Continue reading

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Good news. Floppy now under SX control

OK, so I finally bit the bullet and have the floppy drive under direct SX control. I have my amiga power supply, which is a modified PC supply with harddrive leads powering the drive directly with +12v and +5v.  I … Continue reading

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out of the country!

I just left Amsterdam, and now am spending some time in Brussels. I have some preliminary photos up in the gallery. http://www.techtravels.org/gallery/Amsterdam Floppy project is still on my mind!  

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