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Article #287Re: Trak AT-D2 woes
From: r.b. kummer
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 1984 23:35
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 1984 23:35
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The 34-pin edge card connector on the TRAK AT-D2 disk drive is pin-to-pin compatible with the first 34 pins of a standard 36-pin Centronics parallel interface (as is used on Epson and most other printers) so that ribbon connectors can be used on both ends. I don't have the Centronics pin assignments readily at hand, but I can supply them if you can't find them. Some of the early drives (before ~ Jan) also had problems with: a) garbled graphics output b) drive motor sometimes refuses to shut off c) won't format the 'flip' side of a disk Problem a) can be fixed with a new ROM which TRAK will supply free of charge. Problems b) and c) require some added jumpers and trace cutting. These problems have all been fixed in the current models, I'm told. Brad Kummer akgua!rbk AT&T Bell Laboratories - Atlanta
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site akguc.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!mcnc!akgua!akguc!rbk From: rbk@akguc.UUCP (r.b. kummer ) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: Trak AT-D2 woes Message-ID: <7343@akguc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 18:35:44 EST Article-I.D.: akguc.7343 Posted: Wed Apr 4 18:35:44 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Apr-84 01:14:23 EST Organization: AT&T Technologies, Atlanta Lines: 16