[Coco] Any problem with connecting 2 floppies to one power supply?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon Feb 2 12:28:52 EST 2004


On Monday 02 February 2004 07:20, Bruce Calkins wrote:

>I have a reference book giving capacities for model numbers. TEAC

> used the FD-55(W/letter code) for drives from 180k to 1.2 meg.

> Send me the letters and I can match it up. 1.2 meg drives won't

> work with the stock CoCo controller, 720k drives work with some

> "adjustments", 180k are hardly worth the bother. TEAC FD-55, B,

> BR, BV & E should work O.K. The FD-55 FR &FV, 720k drives are

> desired by some CoCoNuts.

>

>Bruce W.

>

>> This is a drive I got fom Owlware a long time ago. It's a Mitsumi

>> drive with a no name power supply and case. The other drive I

>> want to conect is

>

>a

>

>> TEAC FD-55.


The Teac 55G's can also be used, when jumpered back to 300 rpm, which
makes a 720k drive out of them.

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