[Coco] Temp drives

[David]

I have a mound of these style of cables (leftovers from my computer 
scavenging hobby)

If you can describe precisely what you need, I can check my pile and see 
how things go :)

Regards,
David

billg wrote:

>Oh, well, my mistake.  My cable only has ONE 'card-edged' connector, and the
>rest the 'pin' connectors.  So, basically, I DON'T have a cable after all.
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>I've made a few phone calls to the local 'repair shops' and no-body has the
>card-edged cables any more.  Too old.  Just like MFM drives I need for my HD
>setup are no longer available.
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>Oh, well.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
>>[mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Robert Gault
>>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:08 AM
>>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Temp drives
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>>Should work. The only problem may be drive selection. Modern 
>>PC drives don't work the same way that older drives did. Now 
>>there may not be a dip switch for selecting the number of the 
>>drive as there had been; you may have to use the cable/pins. 
>>You may even have to twist some of the cable strands.
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>>I have a PC drive for drives #1,3 which is working without any 
>>modification of the Coco drive cable. I would have trouble 
>>making the drive work for #0,2.
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>>billg wrote:
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>>>I have a couple of bare 1.2Mb PC drives, a 2 drive cable, 
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>>and a spare 
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>>>power supply.  If memory serves, I SHOULD be able to hook everything 
>>>up and make them work.
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>>>Right??
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>>>Anything I've forgotten??
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