[Coco] Disk drive questions?

[jimcox at miba51.com]

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:14:10 CST
  ostro011 <ostro011 at umn.edu> wrote:
>On 3 Dec 2003, Ray Watts wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> jimcox at miba51.com wrote:
>> 
>> "I'd also like to ask again, how easy is it to drop a 
>>3.5" drive into a 
>> system.  I know I have the answer some where in the 
>>thousands of emails 
>> I have saved, but I thought I'd save time and ask here. 
>> Any pointers?"
>> 
>> As long as your 3.5" drives will run double density 
>>(720k), and most 
>> will, just check, all you need is adapters for the power 
>>and signal 
>> connections.  The power requires a mini 4-pin female 
>>plug and the signal 
>> needs a 34-pin female header. I have three CoCo systems 
>>up and running 
>> and they all use  3.5" drives.  It is a pain in the butt 
>>for me when I 
>> have to copy a 5.25" floppy because I have to hook up 
>>the drive with a 
>> special header jumper I made.   BTW - by refitting the 
>>cover on your 
>> drive case, you can cram three 3.5" drives in and still 
>>consume (I 
>> think) less power than two 5.25" monsters.
>> 
>> Griz
>>  
>> 
>> 
>
>Does this easy setup work through BASIC as well as OS9, 
>or is your system
>OS9 only.  If a person has a set of two double-sided 
>5.25" drives now, can
>one set be replaced with 3.5" drives and still work in 
>BASIC?
>

I should have clarified that I am running with Basic and 
not OS-9.   Is this an issue?

Jim