[Coco] Sardis Technologies DMC "No-Halt" Floppy Controller

[Tom Seagrove]

Good news here...I purchased one of those controllers from him in 1990.  I
also bought the schematics for it which I can put my hands on as I know
right where they are located.  If he is ok with it, I can prepare them and
send/upload wherever is needed.  An image of the driver disk would be really
good too.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Bill Barnes
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:50 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: [Coco] Sardis Technologies DMC "No-Halt" Floppy Controller

Hey everyone,

I e-Mailed David Wiens of Sardis Technologies (email below) and there is a
chance he may release the DMC Controller info to the community. I dunno what
we as a community can do to encourage this, but this could be some good news
if he does so.

Sardis Technologies still has a website, as he is still in business working
with Microcontroller Software and Hardware Design.


-Later!
 -WB-       -- BABIC Computer Consulting.



> From: David C. Wiens <e-mail address removed>
> Subject: Re: "no halt" DMC floppy disk controller
> To: da3m0n_slay3r at yahoo.com
> Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 8:59 PM
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Thanks for your interest in the DMC floppy disk controller.
> 
> Yes, it was compatible with the CoCo 3 (and CoCo 2).  As a
> matter of 
> fact, I was inspired to design it when the CoCo 3 and OS-9
> Level II were 
> released.
> 
> No, unfortunately it is no longer available for sale, and
> hasn't been 
> for over 15 years.
> 
> Would I be willing to release the design to the CoCo
> community?  
> Probably.  But it might be several months before I have
> time to look for it.
> 
> Building one would require finding a 1773 floppy disk
> controller chip.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave Wiens
> Sardis Technologies
> 


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