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Magic number 1793

2020-12-06 21:23 PST

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The magic number for today is 1793: aka the WDC 1793 floppy disk controller. It is a 40-pin chip, and I'm not entirely sure whether it's on the mainboard or in the drive. Either way, this is a good start to the puzzle. I haven't read the data sheet yet, so I still have a few key questions to answer.

On a retrowave kick this weekend...

FD179X data sheet

WD FD1793 command summary

Also, Jeremy mentioned this somewhere and I kept meaning to watch it, so now I'm going to watch it while doing the dishes.

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