fibrewire Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Corvus Interface Starting in June 2011, my Corvus Systems Atari Interface board will be dismantled. This is the board that allows a user to connect a Corvus Disk System to joystick ports 3 & 4 of the 'Jay Miner' Atari 800. Using scans of the board and Eagle Layout Editor, I will facilitate a short production run (10+) of the complete interface with components, enclosure, cabling, and connectors. Software and printed documentation will be made available to accompany the interface. Replacement of damaged PSUs and MFM hard disks are available on eBay for existing Corvus Disk System owners, and I will have two (maybe three) complete 6MB Corvus Disk Systems with interface and software available for purchase after this project is completed. Any Corvus Disk System (NOT OmniDisk) will work with this interface kit. ADS Integrater I have recently obtained permission from David Small, the creator of the ADS Integrater, to reproduce his integrator board. This "Personality Board" is a drop in replacement for the Atari CX801 OS ROM board, and adds native support for the Axlon 128K Ramdisk, Bit 3 Full-View 80, and booting directly from the Corvus Disk System. I am looking for any information regarding this integrator board. If anyone has the ADS Integrater, please PM me. I would like to place a deposit to borrow the board for ROM copying and schematic creation. If any users are interested in either of these projects, please post a notice of interest here. I am doing this mainly for myself and one other AA user, but more interest will definitely speed up the project. Especially from those that already OWN a Corvus Disk System. If any users have already completed significant work on this project, please PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup8pdct Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Yes please. will have one of each James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I'd be interested in getting a working set of the the boards and Corvus drive from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spookt Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Nice system, but I *really* hope you didn't just flick the switch on the mains to boot all of that at once! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Nice system, but I *really* hope you didn't just flick the switch on the mains to boot all of that at once! yeah and half the lights dimmed in the city :') sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 When used with an Atari, the Corvus Disk System maps seven virtual disks (D2 - D7) to one of it's own partitions ranging from A - Z. Virtual disk groups are switched by Binary Load of the desired partition label (ex: L D1:B to switch to the second partition with 7 disks) This particular 10MB Corvus Disk System appears to be FULL - mostly games. The boot disk is extremely simple and takes about one second to load, and the screen reads "Network not ready" until the Corvus Disk System spins up and the ready indicator is lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Well, I have to admit that is a really nice looking setup.. Nice desk too. It's hard to find those in real wood (strong enough to handle lots of equipment) these days. Nice collection of "beige" stuff in general.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Well, I have to admit that is a really nice looking setup.. Nice desk too. It's hard to find those in real wood (strong enough to handle lots of equipment) these days. Nice collection of "beige" stuff in general.. Thanks! I drove 100 miles for that craigslist desk, it was totally worth it. Now to seal the desk in polyethylene sheeting (just kidding), and start using my REAL machine - the 130XE. This BoingBoing article was posted on my birthday, and started this whole mess of trying to replicate childhood memories. Someone had forwarded it to me with a 'Happy Birthday' message. Three years and several thousand dollars later... FIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloopy Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 that is nice looking... put a Trak AT-DT drive instead of the 810's, and a DataSouth DS-180 printer next to it, and that would have been my setup... oh and a 830 instead of a 835 modem... sloopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 There appear to be only games on this disk system, but I would prefer to back them all up instead of just wiping the drive. Is there a simple way to do this? If there is something unknown that stands out, let me know and I will make a short video of the program running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I'll let the pictures speak for themselves... That is so beautiful. I want to cry. Tempest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Why cant you just copy them to floppies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Why cant you just copy them to floppies? Where's the fun in that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Why cant you just copy them to floppies? You'd think with all my boxes of blank floppies, I wouldn't have fallen victim to Occam's Razor. Why didn't I think of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 These are the manuals for the Corvus Disk System and ADS Integrater from Curt Vendel's site http://www.corvusmuseum.com Corvus-800-disk-system.pdf ADS-Integrater.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitachi Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 This is just awesome. I don't know how else to put it. The whole look of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 And now it's 2013... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I do have Corvus External Hard Drive (both top and bottom) such as yours. What hardware required to run from Atari 800XL and 800 ? Understand that my Corvus HDD has pre-formatted for my Apple II Family. Is ok if I re-format once more for Atari Format instead of DOS 3.3 Format (Apple II) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 its okay to reformat, waiting for some adapters to come out soon (hopefully) copied from the one i loaned for reproduction. I have the Corvus software for the Atari - I should really get a SIO2USB so i can upload the images of the software. In the interim i could make copies of the disks if you cover the cost of media and shipping. I forgot that the above pictures were taken when I had the Atari-Corvus interface connected (blue connectors on port 3 & 4) and the Bit-3 board (grey video plug) for 80 column video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 No need to send floppy because I already have SIO2USB adapter via my faithfully Atari 1050 Happy Drive. What I need is what type of hardware that connect your joystick #3 and #4 port to Corvus 2 HDD. And name DOS Corvus 2.0D disk image ? So that I can download from web site or you either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fibrewire Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Coming Soon... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiggle Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 ??? Blank board ? NO IC chips on them . Just bare board ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGFrankW Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I have two Corvus drives. One Rev. A with a 20MB HD and one Rev. B with a 6MB HD. Should both revisions work with this interface ? Does anyone knows the differences between these two revisions ? Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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