Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
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Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
Hello,
is this drive worth buying or not?
5.25" floppy drive
does it need a system disk to boot?
unable to find BDDOS
john davis uk
is this drive worth buying or not?
5.25" floppy drive
does it need a system disk to boot?
unable to find BDDOS
john davis uk
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Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
hello,
Its not a 3" drive it is a 5.25" drive
But unable to find BDDOS?
see link
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251984847806? ... EBIDX%3AIT
regards
john davis uk
Its not a 3" drive it is a 5.25" drive
But unable to find BDDOS?
see link
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251984847806? ... EBIDX%3AIT
regards
john davis uk
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
Looks like a homemade case, maybe. Original Byte Drive came with two boxes.
Picture attached should show what it should look like. Byte Drive is in the middle next to a Jasmin drive.
(Sorry it's low quality. )
Picture attached should show what it should look like. Byte Drive is in the middle next to a Jasmin drive.
(Sorry it's low quality. )
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
Just rescanned the negative of this picture.
(Remember film cameras?)
(Remember film cameras?)
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
If you read the links from the wiki posted above by Polluks, one of them is a forum discussion ending with a message from the designer of the drive.
He clearly says all the controller part was in the cable.
So if you buy this drive without the cable, you just buy... A drive.
He clearly says all the controller part was in the cable.
So if you buy this drive without the cable, you just buy... A drive.
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
Yes you can see the cable interface in my photo sitting on top of the drive.
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
Aha, how do you connect the V23?Steve M wrote:Just rescanned the negative of this picture.
(Remember film cameras?)
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
It goes in the expansion port, so if you have a disk system you need to connect a socket on the ribbon cable so that you can have both attached.
I'm not sure if there are any BBS system left which you could log on to with a modem though. (?)
I'm not sure if there are any BBS system left which you could log on to with a modem though. (?)
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Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
Thats a lovely-looking thing in the plastic case .. whats that all about? Atmos expanded?
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
It's just the keyboard and motherboard separated out. The keyboard has the numeric keypad added. (I think it was called a numerator or something. You'll see adverts in ThéOric for it.)
I think someone thought it'd make for a better keyboard and look cool. I'#m not sure if the keypad needed any software or if it just connected to the existing circuit.
I think someone thought it'd make for a better keyboard and look cool. I'#m not sure if the keypad needed any software or if it just connected to the existing circuit.
Re: Bytedrive 500 on Ebay uk
I think it was called calculator. IIRC it allowed (or at least a further version) a joystick to be plugged, too.
Fabrice Francès was looking for one to emulate it in Euphoric - don't know if he still does!
Fabrice Francès was looking for one to emulate it in Euphoric - don't know if he still does!