8bits4ever’s FDC-600 floppy disk

By OeiOeiVogeltje

Paragon (1382)

12-02-2016, 23:54

found this in my Facebook feed

looks like an awesome thingy!!!

http://www.lavandeira.net/2016/02/review-8bits4evers-fdc-600...

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By sniper22477

Master (248)

13-02-2016, 18:18

Thanks a lot .....

You mentioned in your link:
"As I mentioned before, it’s important to make sure that the 34-pin cable connector doesn’t have the small plastic tab at the top"

This my issue .... "the small plastic tab at the top" .... now ... everything is perfect.

Thanks a lot ... really ... this is an amazing post... and marvelous link.

Regards,

Sniper

By sd_snatcher

Prophet (3401)

13-02-2016, 20:10

There's another Talent TDC-600 clone too: It's PalMal's DDX-R interface, and it's being sold for around €22 + shipping.

By l_oliveira

Hero (531)

14-02-2016, 14:28

sd_snatcher: This floppy controller crashes the MSX on boot if there's a MSX Audio with BIOS connected to the computer.

By sd_snatcher

Prophet (3401)

14-02-2016, 15:32

Yes. This interface has a known design mistake: it uses the frame-0 to access the FDC registers. It was a cost cutting decision to simplify the I/O decoder. This also has potential to give trouble in certain computers with unusual subROMs.

My idea was to redesign the interface:

1) Place the FDC registers in the correct 7FF0 region, thus fixing the design mistake
2) Add built-in Nextor support
3) Replace the EPROM with a Flash to allow easy Nextor updates
4) Add Disk-change signal support, so it can behave like the Turbo-R built-in interface when regarding to disk buffers/cache
5) Publish the FDC driver source so anyone who's experienced in FDC programming could add 1.44MB disk support

The problem is: I'm not having enough free time for that. So the project stays in the shelf.

By OeiOeiVogeltje

Paragon (1382)

14-02-2016, 20:08

so
how about that FDC 600?

By zPasi

Champion (499)

14-02-2016, 20:32

sd_snatcher wrote:

Yes. This interface has a known design mistake: it uses the frame-0 to access the FDC registers.

What does that frame-0 mean here?

By l_oliveira

Hero (531)

14-02-2016, 20:59

zPasi wrote:

sd_snatcher wrote:

Yes. This interface has a known design mistake: it uses the frame-0 to access the FDC registers.

What does that frame-0 mean here?

Memory area 0x0000-0x3FFF on Z80 address space

By zPasi

Champion (499)

14-02-2016, 21:39

引用:

Memory area 0x0000-0x3FFF on Z80 address space

I see. Why is that a problem?

By l_oliveira

Hero (531)

14-02-2016, 22:34

Because MSX Audio BIOS install a handle for it's "MUSIC BIOS" which reside at that spot and somewhat hijacks the computer interrupts (similar like the MSX2 subrom does).

By pseen

Resident (60)

15-02-2016, 00:42

Will this work with the Sony HBD50, ie substitute the original cable/cartridge interface? I have the actual drive, but miss the connector: