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DIY:Floppy Drives

190 bytes added, 09:57, 20 December 2022
Table formatting for the connectors descriptions
==== Standard floppy connector 34pin<br> ====
{| class="wikitable"! Floppy<prebr>Floppy connector !!colspan="2"| Signal descriptionconnector | for standard floppy connector 34pin----------+--------------------------------------------------- | 1..33 || GND || Ground |-| 2 || /DCD || Disk Change Detect |-| 4 || /DS4 || Drive selct 4 (Not always supported) |-| 6 || /INUSE || Open collector LED driver |-| 8 || /IND || Index |-| 10 || /DS0 || Drive select 0 |-| 12 || /DS1 || Drive select 1 |-| 14 || /DS2 || Drive select 2 |-| 16 || /MTRON || Motor enable |-| 18 || /DIR || Direction select |-| 20 || /STEP || Head step |-| 22 || /WDAT || Write data |-| 24 || /WGAT || Write gate |-| 26 || /TRK0 || Track 0 |-| 28 || /WPT || Write protect |-| 30 || /RDAT || Read data |-| 32 || /S1 || Side select |-| 34 || /RDY || Ready/Disk change depending on drive configuration</pre> |} 
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==== CPC-CD201 (internal floppy 26pin connector) ====
<pre>{| class="wikitable"!CPC-CD201 !!colspan="2"| Signal description | for CPC internal floppy 26 pin connector | <br>(numbering from Amstrads repair manual)----------+--------------------------------------------------|-| 1..25 || GND || Ground|-| 2 || /IND index|| Index|-| 4 || /DRV1 drive || Drive select 1|-| 6 || NC|-| 8 || /MED1 motor || Motor enable drive 1|-| 10 || /DIR direction || Direction select|-| 12 || /STEP head || Head step|-| 14 || /WDAT write || Write data|-| 16 || /WGAT write || Write gate|-| 18 || /TRK0 track || Track 0|-| 20 || /WPT write || Write protect|-| 22 || /RDAT read || Read data|-| 24 || /S1 side || Side 1 select|-| 26 || /RDY ready || Ready (or /DSKCHG) depending on model or drive configuration</pre> |} 
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==== CPC-PL-9 (external floppy 34pin centronics connector) ====
<pre>{| class="wikitable"! CPC-PL-9 !!colspan="2"| Signal description external | for CPC external floppy 34 pin centronics connector | <br>(numbering from Amstrads repair manual) ---------+-------------------------------------------------|- | 2..34 || GND || Ground|-| 33 || +5V |||-| 31 || +5V |||-| 29 || +5V |||-| 27 || /IND index|| Index|-| 25 || NC |||-| 23 || /DRV1 drive || Drive select 1|-| 21 || +5V |-| 19 || /MED1 motor || Motor enable drive 1|-| 17 || /DIR direction || Direction select|-| 15 || /STEP head || Head step|-| 13 || /WDAT write || Write data|-| 11 || /WGAT write || Write gate |-| 9 || /TRK0 track || Track 0 |-| 7 || /WPT write || Write protect |-| 5 || /RDAT read || Read data |-| 3 || /S1 side || Side 1 select |-| 1 || /RDY ready || Ready (or /DSKCHG) depending on model or drive configuration</pre> |} 
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