Imsai Floppy Disk
Contents
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 please contact me
Gallery
Imsai Computer and Imsai disk drive
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
Found at http://www.autometer.de/unix4fun/z80pack/ftp/imsai/
- 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.
