Re: My ][ clone - the Triton. Pics!

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

RedskullDC wrote:
> Hi Tristan, et al.
>
> "Tristan Mumford" <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom> wrote in message 
> news:459aec5e$0$38164$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
>
> > > : And it's odd floppy card.
> > > : http://images.filecloud.com/330682/dsc02766.jpg
> > >
> > > I'd love to see what's on the ROM, if you don't
> > > mind reading it and sending me the Binary. Looks
> > > to have both ROMs on one eprom.
> >
> > You and me both. It'd be possible to read it back via the computer, right?
> > As opposed to yanking it and using an eprommer (which I no longer have).
> > It's a very simple looking beastie as you can see from the track layout 
> > etc.
> > I'll probably have to shove it in my //e to do that. If I do it on the 
> > clone
> > I'll have no way of getting it out! The drives need severe maintenance.
> >
> > I'm still curious about the Atlas 8. I'm guessing it's just a standard 
> > clone
> > floppy drive.
> > I've only used my platinum for so long I guess i was surprised that the
> > floppies aren't daisychained.
>
>
> No need to bother.
> It is just a stock "Disk][" rip off.
> The 6309 is the state sequencer ROM, the eprom holds the boot code.
> I have an identical one here.

Interesting.  Since the boot ROM is eight times larger than the
Apple ROM, there was a chance that it was cleverly adaptive to
13- and 16-sector booting, and maybe even timed out if no disk
was in the drive...  ;-)

-michael

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