Imsai Floppy Disk
Imsai Floppy Disk
Imsai Eight Inch Floppy Disk Drive SubSystem with two Calcomp 142M disk drives
Wanted to Buy Imsai FIF floppy disk controller board set consisting of an FIB & IFM card please contact me
I am looking for manual for Imsai FIF FDC board set
Gallery
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Imsai Floppy Disk Drive Sub System -
Cover removed -
Read Decoder Board -
CalComp 142M disk drive -
CalComp 142M disk drive top view -
CalComp 142M disk drive top view track gauge detail -
Cabinet width detail -
Calcomp Shugart width detail
Resources
- Imsai FIB Firmware.pdf
- Does anyone have a manual for the FIF board set? please contact me
Other nifty stuff...
- Calcomp 142M Brochure
- some comments from Todd Fischer in google groups comp.os.cpm proprietary chips and reliability.
Exploration / build notes
- 1/9/2018 I thought about swapping in some Shugart 8" floppies. Check the width they're to wide even with the perpendicular cabinet support brackets removed. About 1.5mm. Qume Trak 842 drives are not as wide but still to wide.