Floppy Disk reader SONY MFD-17W-1 Datecode 9301 /30

The interface card LG -64 HCS-40 94V-0 Made in SINGAPORE (ref. 1-644-847-11 L) includes :

on the card LG-64 (on the side and bottom) you can select the l'ID du reader from 0 to 3 with a switch SW101. The 'ID of the floppy is 1 (default) (Floppy to be use with a P.C./AT).

The card includes a matrix of 12 pins header named COR101 to select jumpers; on my unit there are two jumpers between pin 10&11 and pin 4&8.

The motor card MT-36 CMK-103X includes:

the motor that rotates the magnetic part of the floppy is a SONY MODEL MP-F17W-1 SMM Made in Malaysia 4-623-573-01

The magnetic head sensor is a 2AB-3 31M27

the photointerrupter TLP1020 on the back of the unit to detect that the head is at the end side has the marking 1020-W1L12 and is mounted on a pcb with the marking KPC4594V-0. this sensor has 3 wires : red , yellow and black.

https://www.ardent-tool.com/floppy/Floppy_Programming.html

floppy.html

A https://www.servicesplus.sel.sony.com/sony-part-number-874901115.aspx

https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/37c78.pdf a current production floppy controller

https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/genres/pentium-first-generation/78662-no-fun-with-floppy-drives-in-a-modern-world

Please Refer to this documentation (Shift-Click to Download , 532 Kb) to get information about the Sony Floppies Jumper Configuration : Note for a P.C. Computer you need to select the slide switch at the DS/1 Position, and for an Atari Microcomputer you need to select DS/0 Position (which is the position the nearest from the card end side).

Sony floppy MPF920Z manual (PDF- 2 pages - 154Kb)

http://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/SDCard_HxC_Floppy_Emulator_User_Manual_FRA.pdf

http://obligement.free.fr/articles/hxcfloppyemulator_sd.php

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

http://jope.fi/drives/ The trick to getting PC drives to work with the Amiga

http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1235 HxC Floppy Drive Emulator • View topic - HxC in Hitachi Seiko EDM

https://mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sony/floppy/

https://mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/components/rohm/

https://web.archive.org/web/19970703120458/http://www.rohmelectronics.com/products/ics/ic_stfm/multic/floppy.htm

https://www.smbaker.com/raspberry-pi-floppy-controller-board

http://www.malinov.com/Home/sergeys-projects/ Sergey’s Projects

https://github.com/skiselev/monster-fdc Monster Floppy Disk Controller (Monster FDC) ISA floppy disk controller card that supports up to 8 floppy drives

https://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/guzis.html Use of HD and DD drives, diskettes

https://deramp.com/downloads/mfe_archive/020-Disk%20Drives/

If you are looking forward some data or repair parts about this floppy reader, you can contact me by e-mail at matthieu.benoit@free.fr

Si vous recherchez des informations ou des pieces de maintenance pour ce lecteur floppy, vous pouvez me contacter par e-mail : matthieu.benoit@free.fr

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