Looking for an 8 bit FDC...

[Joe R.]

At 06:43 PM 10/25/05 +0100, Jules wrote:
>Allison wrote:
>>>Subject: Looking for an 8 bit FDC...
>> 
>> ick poo..  The 8271 was not widely used especially on 8bitters.  If your 
>> serious then 1793 that was common as house flies and does most all soft 
>> formats.  
>
>Ahh, not had experience of that one before (I don't think anyway). 177x 
>was pretty common in machines over here, and the 8271 gets used in a lot 
>of Acorn hardware which is why I'm used to it...


   FWIW the Acorn and the Intel MDSs are the only machines that I've ever
seen that used it!

   It sounds like you need a CompatiCard!  Has anyone tried to reproduce
these?

    Joe