miker Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 (edited) Hi! I'm looking for any information about the following disk drives: - Atari 1053 - XF 521 - CA 2002 Photos, manuals, technical specs, catalog scans... or just pure facts about these above or some other "exotic" stuff which might be used with Atari 8-bit! I need these informations for some article regarding rare/prototype Atari-related hardware. Thanks in advance! Edited February 5, 2006 by miker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Hmm... didn't anyone hear anything about them? Using google i found only few words in atari8-faq... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Try here: http://www.backntime.net/Atari%20Computers...e8bitProto.html 1053 - Double Sided/Double Density 1050 drive No clue about the other two, although the XF521 sounds like an XE disk drive of some type. Maybe a 3.5" drive? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Not much there, but the XF521 is mentioned: http://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n12/First_Look.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernoid Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Also, I have little idea what this says but it does mention the CA-2002: http://ftp.pigwa.net/stuff/collections/ata...%20XL-XE/08.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 (edited) Picture is offline right now, but here is the 1053 page: http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS.../1050proto.html Curt Also, I have little idea what this says but it does mention the CA-2002: http://ftp.pigwa.net/stuff/collections/ata...%20XL-XE/08.jpg 1013888[/snapback] Edited February 6, 2006 by Curt Vendel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 Thanks a lot! - i'll check these links shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Finally had a chance to update this webpage on atarimuseum.com - now includes the original schematic of the Atari 1053 Disk Drive prototype: http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS.../1050proto.html Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Finally had a chance to update this webpage on atarimuseum.com - now includes the original schematic of the Atari 1053 Disk Drive prototype: http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS.../1050proto.html Wow, great stuff, thanks a lot Curt! Interesting, as far as I can see (unfortunately the schemetics scan is not that good) the FDC is feeded with a standard clock (not faster, as in the XF-551, to compensate for the 288-300 RPM difference). So either it used a custom mechanism at 288 RPM, or it wasn't really backwards compatible with a 810/1050. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have to get a new piece of 2X4 foam whiteboard so I can take more proper photo's I just happen to notice it during some research and snapped a quick photo of it, I'll do a better photo in a few days. Curt Finally had a chance to update this webpage on atarimuseum.com - now includes the original schematic of the Atari 1053 Disk Drive prototype: http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS.../1050proto.html Wow, great stuff, thanks a lot Curt! Interesting, as far as I can see (unfortunately the schemetics scan is not that good) the FDC is feeded with a standard clock (not faster, as in the XF-551, to compensate for the 288-300 RPM difference). So either it used a custom mechanism at 288 RPM, or it wasn't really backwards compatible with a 810/1050. 1019351[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I have to get a new piece of 2X4 foam whiteboard so I can take more proper photo's I just happen to notice it during some research and snapped a quick photo of it, I'll do a better photo in a few days. No worries Curt. It is not very important and certainly not urgent. I just was curious about the compatibility issue. Btw, I didn't know that Atari had heavy complaints about Tandom's quality and service. Unfortunately Atari didn't have the same quality requirements when they produced the newer XF-551. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkblack Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 does anybody know of another site like that? There are to many broken links on that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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