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-
- Generic
- 3.5 Inch Double Sided Disk Drive
- for
- The 520/1040 Series
- by
- James Lacassagne
-
-
-
- Purpose: This document is a description of the hook-ups and mod-
- ifications that I found necessary in adding a 3.5 inch
- double sided drive to my Atari(tm) 520. It is intended
- solely as a guide to anyone who is interested in saving
- a few dollars by using an "industry standard" drive in
- place of the Atari SF314.
-
- Warning: This installation seems to function properly for my sys-
- tem, but I cannot guarantee anything. Also, the only way
- that a saving will result is if a suitable power supply
- is already available, or can be obtained at a very low
- price.
-
- Requirements: 1 3.5" Double Sided Drive w/ Installation kit @ $130
- (The Unit I used was a Toshiba(tm) ND-352
- which came with a multi-purpose mounting
- kit. BE SURE that the unit is XT compat-
- ible!!(720 K etc))
- 1 5v/12vdc Regulated Power Supply @ $ 25
- (The supply must be capable of supplying
- 5V.+/-5% @200 mA and 12V.+/-5% @300 mA.
- I saved some money here by using the same
- supply that I used for adding a 5 1/4 in.
- drive as described in numerous articles
- in magazines and on Bulletin Boards.)
-
- 1 34 pin Card Edge Connector @ $ 3
- (Yes, This is the "industry standard"
- used on all XT's and Clones. I got mine
- at Radio Shack (P/N____________).)
-
- 1 Standard Atari(tm) 3.5 in Disk Drive Cable @ $ 8
- (Preferably, one of the After Market types
- 6' or so in length.)
-
- 1 Disk Drive Case @ $ ?
- (This is optional--I still haven't found
- a good cheap one, but the drive seems to
- work fine.)
-
- Procedure: There are two ways to proceed with this project depending
- on whether you want the new drive to be A or B. The Drive
- B method is the simpler, so I will start with it.
-
- Cut the Standard Drive Cable in half (Save the other
- half for another project--maybe!)
-
- Strip back about 2" of the outer insulation from the
- cable. Do Not cut off the shield wire (a layer of wire
- woven around the multiple conductors in the cable).
- Carefully unweave the shield, and twist it to form a
- wire of its own.
-
- Since the 34 pin connector that I used was designed for
- ribbon cable, some ingenuity is required here. Each pin
- on the connector ends in a V shaped stud designed to
- separate the ribbon cable wire and cut only its insul-
- ation when the cover is forced in place. Since most of
- the wires in the cable go to the top row of the con-
- nector (the even numbered pins) and the shield goes
- to the bottom row, along with the wires from pins 3 and
- 7 of the Atari connector, I divided them accordingly and
- routed them above and below the connector cover. Very
- carefully, I pushed each wire far enough into the cor-
- responding Vstud to hold it in place. I then forced
- the cover down, forcing the wires the rest of the way
- into the V. By trial and error I found that the two
- ground wires (pins 3 and 7) in the cable did not provide
- a sufficient ground path, causing unreliable drive oper-
- ation. I overcame this by (gasp!) tying the shield to
- ALL of the odd numbered pins on the connector. (That's
- what the twisted shield wire is used for.) Carefully
- lay it over the bottom row of Vstuds before putting
- the connector cover on. The Connections Follow:
-
- (NOTE: the colors mentioned are for an Atari Cable
- You should check if you are using an After Market
- Cable.)
-
- 34 pin conn. Atari conn. Signal Color
- 2 * media chng
- 4 N/A in use
- 6 N/A d4 sel
- 8 4 index yellow
- 10 5 d0 sel green
- 12 6 d1 sel violet
- 14 N/A d2 sel
- 16 8 motor on brown
- 18 9 direction orange
- 20 10 step grey
- 22 11 wrt data pink
- 24 12 wrt gate lt. blue
- 26 13 track 0 lt. brown
- 28 14 wrt prot lt. green
- 30 1 read data red
- 32 2 side 0 white
- 34 * rdy/med ch
- (any 3 logic gnd blue
- odd) 7 logic gnd black
-
- Assemble the Disk Drive and Adapter kit. It should have
- come with a power cable adapter with a std XT con-
- nector on the end. You can either buy a mating
- connector or cut it off and splice directly to the wires.
- (Generally, pin 1 (red) is 5V, pin 4 (yel) is 12V, and
- pins 2&3 (blk) are Ground.) The Installation Kit may
- refer to a jumper on pin 34, but this can be ignored.
-
- Now, the only modification to the drive can be made.
- On the Installation Kit PC Board, a Jumper must be
- soldered between pin 2 and pin 28 of the Drive Con-
- nector.(This is the one that actually connects to
- the Disk Drive. It is identical in pin layout to the
- Std connector, with pin 2 on the top left as you look
- at it.) This connects the Media Change signal on pin
- 2 to the Write Protect signal.(Thanks to Analog2 for
- pointing me in the right direction on this one.)
- These are both open collector, active low signals, and
- can be safely wired together.(wired or configuration)
-
- This should be all that has to be done to make the
- drive work. Simply plug the cable into the OUT con-
- nector of the first drive or the 1040, and away you
- go.
-
- If you have a 520 and want this to be drive A, the
- procedure is the same, except DO NOT CUT THE CABLE
- IN HALF. Instead, strip a 3-4 in. section in the
- center of the cable, Cut and unweave 1/2 of the
- shield. Lead the wires over the Vstuds as before,
- but cut the wires from the Atari connector pins 5&
- 6.(computer end) Pin 5 wire is connected to the Std
- connector pin 10 and pin 6 wire is connected to the
- remaining end of pin 5.(The part that will go to the
- second drive.) This brings the ds1 signal to the
- ds0 pin on the second drive, just like Atari does it.
- You can cut off the remaining pin 6 wire if you like,
- since it doesn't get used. Don't forget to attach the
- shield to the odd number connector pins.
-
- If you have understood and followed my directions, the
- drive should function properly. If not, there is not
- much that can cause damage. My version will read and
- format and write to double and single sided disks
- without any problems. If you encounter any difficulty,
- I can be contacted through Delphi as JIMSL or Com-
- puserve No. 72257,1613.
-
-
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