ndary Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Does anyone have more info on this drive? who makes it and how it works? Ndary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Does anyone have more info on this drive? who makes it and how it works? Ndary Hmml. Looks like 2 PC half height floppy mechs crammed in an original Apple II floppy drive enclosure, with an SIO cable sticking out the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Can we see the insides? No labels? Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 The picture was taken from an atari guy in holland, (Rene). i was told that this drive was manufactured in poland but have no info more then this... i will see if i can get pictures from the inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 If it's an XF551 clone, running dual 5.25" floppy mechs, I'd LOVE to get a copy of the ROM.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Just a thought,could it be two 5.25" drives inside a Percom case? I think that this is doable and is one of my projects for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 It's an XFD360 I have one and also Fox-1/MNX we have traveled to warschau years ago to get those. Only a few where made. These drive are XF clones with indus GT speed, but have a FAST and TURBO mode. The Fast mode is the same a INDUS GT and turbo is also INDUS GT only works with SpartaDOS X. There is a jumper for Fast/Turbo. It's funny Nir to see a picture that you have taken at my house from my drive, did you forget that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 It's an XFD360 I have one and also Fox-1/MNX we have traveled to warschau years ago to get those. Only a few where made. These drive are XF clones with indus GT speed, but have a FAST and TURBO mode. The Fast mode is the same a INDUS GT and turbo is also INDUS GT only works with SpartaDOS X. There is a jumper for Fast/Turbo. It's funny Nir to see a picture that you have taken at my house from my drive, did you forget that dump the ROM! I have been wanting a ROM that supports dual 5.25" mechs for the XF551 for a long time.. PLEASE dump the ROM. Ill pay you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hunmanik Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 (edited) It's an XFD360 I have one and also Fox-1/MNX we have traveled to warschau years ago to get those. Only a few where made. These drive are XF clones with indus GT speed, but have a FAST and TURBO mode. The Fast mode is the same a INDUS GT and turbo is also INDUS GT only works with SpartaDOS X. There is a jumper for Fast/Turbo. I see the same picture here, described as the XFD602: http://atariki.krap.pl/index.php/XFD601 ??? Edited September 28, 2007 by hunmanik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Yep it's the XFD602 my fault :-) but it's not completly compatible with the XF. The XF551 uses the 8030/8040 processor, when I am correct this drive uses the 8051 an newer one. Another feature when I remember correctly was some kind of speed control, did run at 288 instead of 300 like the XF... To bad this stuff is packed in boxes at the moment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Yes, this is XFD602, disk drive made by Jacek Zuk. More info and some command you can find at atariki: http://atariki.krap.pl/index.php/XFD602 - best regards, Sikor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hello Rene The XF551 uses the 8030/8040 processor,... It uses the 8040 or 8050. I'm under the impression that the side of the Atlantic you live on determines which on of the two is in your XF551. BTW is this stuff still packed or did you repack everything again? Greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup8pdct Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 The XF551 uses the 8030/8040 processor, when I am correct this drive uses the 8051 an newer one. Another feature when I remember correctly was some kind of speed control, did run at 288 instead of 300 like the XF... The schematic says an 8050, same as XF551. Schematic also says an extra ram chip 6116. assuming schematic is correct. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemiel Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Simius - IDE Plus 2.0 author - made them. Schematics should be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Simius - IDE Plus 2.0 author - made them. Schematics should be right. Did anyone ever get the ROM image for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The schematic says an 8050, same as XF551. Schematic also says an extra ram chip 6116. assuming schematic is correct. James I'd like to see the schematics for the XFD602 and ROM dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 The schematics for the XFD601 show pin 37 of the 8050 does provide DS1/DS2 selection, so I would think the only difference would be the firmware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 You're right. Hardware is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 The schematics I have for the XFD601A show slightly different chips and a RAM expansion chip. Using a 8050 CPU and a WD1770 FDC. So there are a few differences. I'm trying to map out what is actually different and what was just done a different way from the XF551. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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