venom4728a Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 My first package arrived today, thx Stryker!!!!. Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Use an old PC power supply for the drives or a drive caddy? yes ... at or atx... or any power supply +5V DC (3,5') and +5V DC , +12V DC (5,25') Which 3.5 or 5.25 will the Karin recognise? I have tested: 3.5' - Alps Df354, Samsung SFD-321B ...... 5,25' Teac FD-55BR - 40-track 360kB Teac FD-55FR - 80-track 720kB Also how do I get software onto the disks? through my Sdrive? or is there a Win XP program to write the floppies for teh 8 bit SIO - any DOS for format and copy files... (MyDos , TomsNavigator, SDX....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 drive 1 - set DS0 , drive 2 - set DS1 - http://stryker.pigwa.net/karin/karinmaxidrive_instrukcja_montazowa.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 use this ribbon cable for 5,25 floppy disk drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Received my package this AM. Looks great! Looks like really nice board quality. Thanks very much, Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Android8675 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Got my board, could someone post a photo of the case assembled? Just trying to eyeball how i'm gonna dremel out this case, where everything should stick out all nice and orderly. Also does anyone have a good source of enclosures for floppy drives, I'd love to find a nice small case to hold the drives and a power supply. I found some nice IBM 5.25" PS/2 drives on ebay I was thinking of using for parts, but damn are they expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I also received my kit this morning. I'm not sure when I will have the time to start assembling it. My car is keeping me too busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I got mine also. Thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Firedawg Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 My kit arrived today! Thanks Stryker. Mike Note: Stryker your posted pics in this thread are missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I got mine Saturday. Thanks. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Has anyone assembled theirs yet? I am wondering if there is room to socket all the ICs. I don't like soldering ICs directly to a PCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Has anyone assembled theirs yet? I am wondering if there is room to socket all the ICs. I don't like soldering ICs directly to a PCB. Mine is fully populated as requested and all chips or socketed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Great - thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I have 5 pieces KarinMaxiDrive - these are the last piece will be no more. So if anyone else wants to write me a private message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Select+Reset doesn't show menu screen on my Karin. Also are dip switched on or off [up or down] for setting options. None of my drives are found yet by interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) [uPDATE] Holding down SELECT during power on seems to have fixed my problems. OK and drive is found ...3.5" CHINON FB-354 now I need to get some 720 density disks without the high speed window. Formated D1: 40 DS 512 bps drive would not except Skewed formating. I have not got the cables to power D2: yet. The blinking screen is somewhat annoying. Wierd RWTEST D1: average 383897.089 seems that rwtest is only counting time during screen flashes. .89 runtime during this second time I was able to count to 22 before the program completed. Edited October 26, 2012 by rdea6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npturton Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 drive 1 - set DS0 , drive 2 - set DS1 - http://stryker.pigwa...a_montazowa.pdf ???? confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) http://www.freewebs....D-235HF3435.JPG Jumper settings.. Edited October 27, 2012 by rdea6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) http://stryker.pigwa...ontazowa.pdf - 10 page Edited October 28, 2012 by St(r)yker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drac030 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 RWTEST D1: average 383897.089 seems that rwtest is only counting time during screen flashes. .89 runtime during this second time I was able to count to 22 before the program completed. RWTEST counts execution time using VBL jiffy, and the Karin BIOS stops the VBL during I/O, because otherwise overruns occur. This is why the result given by the program is false. The transmission speed is 250000 bits per second, i.e. about 30 KB/s. The real speed may depend on the interleave, interleave 2 is used by default, which means a track will be read (or written) in two revolutions. A track is 18 sectors, 256 bytes each, or 9 sectors, 512 bytes each = 4.5 KB of data to transmit. A floppy makes 300 revolutions per minute, which equals to 5 revolutions per second. So, in a second, 2.5 tracks will be read or written, which makes the effective speed of 11.25 KB/s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npturton Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 http://stryker.pigwa...ontazowa.pdf - 10 page Link shows pictures of the IDE cable, one with a twist in it, one without, my cable has no twist in it Whats the difference? twist or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 All PCs set their drives to D1: and use that twist in the cable to reverse D1: and D0:. In general, 34-pin flat cables with no twist were for HDD to controller interfaces, before IDE was created. 34-pin cables with the 'twist' were for floppy drives in a PC. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St(r)yker Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 ;> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Android8675 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 <noob>So, you can use a twist cable in place of soldering the DS jumper? Was wondering because I have some floppy cables with twist and the edge connectors for my 5.25 drive. Also, will 80 track drives read 40 track discs? (5.25")</noob> (I should just leave that control open) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 The LED on my Karin Drive is not very bright. Very dim and cannot see it with lights on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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