Re: Long VTech Floppy Drive Controller

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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: "Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
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: : Bill Garber wrote:
: : > Does anyone have pinouts or spare cables
: : > for this controller. It's like the UDC, but
: : > much longer. I read the firmware off of the
: : > eprom and it does have support for 3.5" disk
: : > drives, but so far I can only get it to work
: : > with 2 Disk II drives in a II+. For some reason
: : > it won't work in a Platinum IIe, and I think
: : > I had it working in a beige IIe, but they have
: : > been put away for now, so I can't try it again
: : > to be sure. Anyway, I could use the cables or
: : > the pinout so I can make some.
: :
: : Mines in storage so it'll be a few days before I can get at
it.
: : I used mine in a platinum IIe so maybe the firmware needs an
: : update.
: : There's two EPROMs I have on my site that'll work in this
card,
: : the vtech_udc and the laser_udc.
: : If you want to compare cards, there's a pic of the component
: side of
: : mine there too, without adapters so I could scan it easier.
:
: Thanks Wayne. I have a pic of it here, but I can't remember
: where I got it from. I'll check out your site and compare
: those firmware files to my own, while I wait for you to check
: out the cables. I really appreciate this. Thanks again.

Ok, I checked out the ROMs for the UDC cards on your
site, and the VTech ROM is identical to mine. I doubt
that the Laser version UDC ROM would work as the logic
looks very different on that card. I'm thinking that
once I have a proper cable set that it will work as it
is designed to do. What I like about the UDC is that if
there is no disk in the 5.25" drive attached to it, the
control is passed on to the next slot. I would be glad
to pay someone for properly made cables so that I can
use this card, or possibly trade this card for the Laser
UDC. Should I bother to burn a Laser version ROM and try
it, or would that be a waste of time?

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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