balrog changed the topic of #discferret to: DiscFerret magnetic disc analyser project || http://www.discferret.com || Current versions: Microcode 002C, API v1.7r1 (mcode 002E in dev) || DFI import support in Disk-Utilities: http://git.io/SabCYA || Current work: disc write support, decoders, planning Merlin2 || logs at https://freenode.irclog.whitequark.org/discferret
<balrog> pjustice, philpem: what would it take to interface with ESDI or SMD?
<pjustice> ESDI is not much different from MFM/RLL, I don't think. SMD has a significantly different "command language".
<pjustice> I'm wrong, ESDI has serial commands
<pjustice> also, up to 24 Mbit/s transfer
<pjustice> separator on drive
<cr1901_modern> >separator on drive
<cr1901_modern> Interesting. The very original Shugart floppy also had separator on drive, but they removed it from the interface by the time Double Density rolled around
<pjustice> For MFM, of course, the separator is on the controller.
<pjustice> SMD also sep on drive, up to 24 MHz signalling in its later forms
<philpem> ESDI and SMD... I'd need drives and controllers to test with, but in theory it'd just be a microcode and firmware change
<pjustice> Less analyzing on the flux line, since the drive just hands you bits; more work moving serial data.
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