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The MicroNova had a floppy drive unit and 10MB removable pack hard drive connected to it but does not appear to contain a dedicated disk I/O controller. The Serial (A-Sync) card in slot 6 is populated with more components than the card in slot 7 and is the most likely candidate for a controller. But this does leave open the question of what the interface protocol is? If it is truly RS-232 style serial this may make it possible to use the drives with any serial equipped PC to dump the data.


== Card Cage Wiring ==
== Card Cage Wiring ==

Revision as of 14:25, 29 March 2022

Akbkuku/projects/DataGenerals/MicroNova

Power Connector: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/538-50-84-1120

Fuses
Current Rating Diaimeter Length
120 VAC 5A 6.3mm 32mm
240 VAC 3A 6.3mm 32mm

Both fuses tested good

Card Cage Slots

Slot # Card Number Card Type
9
8
7 107 000648 03 Serial
6 107 000648 06 Serial
5 107 000759 01 Memory
4 107 000759 01 Memory
3 107 000624 01 Memory
2 107 000624 01 Memory
1 107 000533 03 CPU

The MicroNova had a floppy drive unit and 10MB removable pack hard drive connected to it but does not appear to contain a dedicated disk I/O controller. The Serial (A-Sync) card in slot 6 is populated with more components than the card in slot 7 and is the most likely candidate for a controller. But this does leave open the question of what the interface protocol is? If it is truly RS-232 style serial this may make it possible to use the drives with any serial equipped PC to dump the data.

Card Cage Wiring

Slot 1 CPU

Bottom - Pin 7 : Black PSU Header

Bottom - Pin 10 : Orange PSU Header