8 inch floppy disk drive on IBM PC clone?

[smp]

Hello all,

I know this has probably been discussed before, so a pointer to the proper discussion would be appreciated.

I recently set up an HP Vectra 510 with MS-DOS 5 and both a 360K 5.25 inch floppy drive and a 1.2 MB 3.5 inch floppy disk drive. I use this machine to read and write floppy disks for CP/M and my HP-86B.

I would like to be able to read the older 8 inch floppy disks to retrieve CP/M programs, as well.

Can anyone tell me (or point me to) information about how to go about interfacing an 8 inch floppy disk drive to an IBM PC clone?

Thanks very much, in advance, for your patience and attention.
smp

 

[krebizfan]

I won't be able to track down the VCF discussions on this but I do have some pages bookmarked so here they are:

http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img54306/cnct.htm

http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html

http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/34_to_50.txt

I hope you can make it work.

 

[Chuck(G)]

You'll probably find that the hardest part is finding a power supply for the +24V.

 

[smp]

Hello again,

Thanks a million, krebizfan!

Those pointers are exactly what I need to get started.

Greatly appreciated!

smp