[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Older Floppy Drives

[John E. Malmberg]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 16 May 2005 18:33, Jan Vanden Bossche wrote:
> 
>>Hallo
>
>>I've got 2 of those. How do I switch them to 300 rpm/720 KB
>>operation ?
>>
> 
> There's a jumper on the board, but I don't know the acronym for it at 
> the moment.  Lemme see if I can find the manual again...

As I mis-remember these things, there is a signal pin on the 34 pin 
connector that does the switch.

Ground = 720KB, high = 1.2MB.

Guess what level that pin is wired to be at on a COCO? :-)

-John
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