Jump to content
IGNORED

1050 Field Service Manual - 51 page version


BillC

Recommended Posts

That's because that is a modern modified version of the original Atari manual.

 

Allan

The index of the 40 page 1050 Field Service Manual on atarimania shows 15 pages(1-11 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-3 and 3-1), which are missing.

 

Some further search found another pdf on Atarimania, "Service Manual for the Atari 1050 Disk Drive", which includes the missing 15 pages. It consists of poorly aligned page scans, and the schematics which were too large to fit on a single page are on 2 pages with overlap.

 

It appears to me that the modifications to the version I linked are OCRed text, removed blank areas on pages, and the size of some of the illustrations modified to fit the changes, but that the basic content doesn't appear to have changed.

 

This version could be useful to many people needing information from the missing 15 pages, which is why I started this thread.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

That's the 70 page book I use. I do have a horribly Xeroxed (yeah, Xeroxed!) copy from the 80's that is a bit straighter, and a copy from another source that has some of the technical update bulletins. The 70 page one is the only mostly complete version I've found.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow someone spent a lot of time re-creating that document. Very clean, cleaned up image scans, re-created screen shots.

 

Did the real FSM have the comments about the WDC 2793 vs 2797 FDC? (Ie needing the pin bend up) wonder if there were details added by the person who re-created it? doesn't cover the WST mech drives though.

 

I'd like to see the tech bullitens. The titles of a number of them I think were named in the A8 FAQ I believe, some gaps there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 7 months later...

I just uploaded a complete version of the FSM. I scanned this from my own copy, and then added some better schematics I found on the web, but also included the original blurry as heck ones. This one has better waveforms compared to some of the other scans out there.

 

From archive.org:

PDF download

 

I hope this helps someone. If anyone finds something missing please let me know.

  • Like 7
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 9 months later...
  • 4 months later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...