Closed Commodore floppy drive to USB adapter (mini xum 1541)

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Interesting project :-)

As you can probably tell, I'm not interested in selling kits (I know, they are great, except when they are not, and helping people debug issues via email sucks up way too much time.)

But, I'd be happy to run a batch of boards for someone here to make kits, as a bulk thing.

I think, though, I'd recommend adding back in the inverter for the LED, and at least put the pads for the DB15 parallel cable. Being able to nibble make ZF much more useful, and it's not like one has to populate it.

Glad to see folks are enjoying the tools.

P.S., On this note on the original site: "The ZoomFloppy is the product of several iterations of design based around AVR microcontrollers. The original version used a 3.3V AT90USBKEY development board which required resistors to lower the 5V input from the IEC bus. These resistors are also present on the ZoomFloppy board but are not necessary since the ZoomFloppy uses an ATmega32U2 running at 5Vs so they have been removed in the mini xum1541 design."

While it is true the original design used a dev board, the resistors were not a holdover. We added them so the unit could not be back powered from the IEC bus if the IEC bus was operational before USB power was applied. So, since this design omits the resistors, be careful about order of startup... (No, backfeeding won't kill an AVR immediately, but it's not good for it at all...)

Jim
 
@Jim Brain

Great to see you active around here too :)

This device was designed by a fellow called Simon Inns at www.waitingforfriday.com. I was looking for the smallest possible device to allow me to easily transfer to and from floppies, and this seemed to fit the bill (and it has).

I didn't particularly intend to be selling any boards/kits/completed devices at all, but I ordered parts for 10 devices just because it was much more economical per board that way :) It's easy enough to order more, but considering what you said about the circuit, it would make sense to alter the design first.
 
great hardware and very good and simple software




hi jim brain will there be any fd2000 support for this
 
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Declaring interest

Declaring interest are they still for sale made up or kit?:thumbsup:
 
@dj.echo

All gone for the time being but I'll think about ordering another batch later since there seems to be interest in these :)
 
@owen2471

I've received your payment but am still waiting for address information, can't ship without it!
 
If u do do another batch plz can someone pm me if I dont declare intrest in the thread as I too would like one, thanks and many ribbits in advance :D
 
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@dj.echo

All gone for the time being but I'll think about ordering another batch later since there seems to be interest in these :)
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Hi thanks let me know when you do:thumbsup:
 
@ ajk

We could really have done with more of these last weekend at Play Expo. Do you have any plans to get any more made? If so, you can put me down for a couple? Thanks.
 
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