Heathkit H-17-1 Manual Manual
Heathkit"
for the
Manual
48 TPI, 5-1/4"
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Model H-17-1
595-2716
HEATH COMPANY
BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN 49022
Copyright
Heath Company
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
© 1981
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Programming
Cable
Connections
Rotational
Operation
Speed
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Test
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7
8
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Heathkit
The
H-17
-1
Floppy
that
stores
programs
ter.
Information
oxide-coated
ble of
double-density
double-density
The
recording
head.
The
motor.
The
is
diskette
head
head
disk
stored
controller.
carriage is
controller
8
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Disk Drive is a
and
information
on
one
in
40
tracks.
operation
is a
when
single
positioned
circuit
INTRODUCTION
mass
storage
for
side
of a
This
drive
it is
Read/Write gap-type
board,
device
your
compu-
5.25-inch,
is capa-
used
with
by a
stepper
in
your
a
com-
the
puter, is
the
Disk Drive.
transducer
A
absence of a
protection.
transmitted
operation. Ifthe
a
read/write
The
diskettes load quickly
door
in
interface
in
notch
If
the
to
operation.
the
front panel.
the
notch
between
the
Drive
in
the
notch
is
controller to
is
detected,
the
computer
detects
diskette
not
and
the
presence
to
insure
detected, a
indicate a read-only
the
signal
easily
through
Page 3
bus
and
or
write
signal
indicates
is
the
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PROGRAMMING
If
you
intend
sectored
H-8),
troller."
If
you
controller,
Controller."
controller
perform
intend
to
use
the
to
use
perform
this
(or
steps
this
the
Drive
with
under
Drive
steps
with
the
H-88-1 hard-
an H-17
controller
"Hard-Sectored
with a double-density
under
"Soft-Sectored
in an
Con-
HARD-SECTORED CONTROLLER
Refer to Pictorial 1 for
If
this Drive is to be
programming
the
Pictorial.
If
this
Drive is to be
programming
Pictorial.
If
this
Drive is to be
programming
Pictorial.
the
following steps.
hardware
plug
as
shown
hard
ware
plug
as
shown
hard
ware
plug
as
shown
unit
0,
cut
in
Part
unit
1,
cut
in Part Bof
unit
2, cut
in
Part Cofthe
the
A of
the
the
the
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