[Coco] Tandy Hard Disk Controller

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 00:20, KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:
>Gene and I already mentioned the best use for one of these 
> "controllers."
>
>But at a different kind of range, a 3-wood or 5-iron would probably
> make a lovely display for a second or two -- just yell "fore" instead
> of "pull.".
>
>Seriously, this thing is good only for a museum display, and barely 
> deserves to sit in the same glass case as a B&B interface.  You'll 
> never get it working on a Coco, and it's doubtful it has any
> historical Coco  relevance.
>
>  FWIW, I remember getting really excited over one for $120 or 
> whatever at a Tandy fire sale, but since the disk drive itself and
> driver  software were nowhere in sight, some kind soul who knew
> better talked me out of  it.  I should have bought him lunch and a
> beer.
>
>I wonder if anyone ever did use one successfully, like on a TRS-80 
> IV? --Mike K.

I was never able to locate anyone around here that had a clue.  I 
believe that Tandy wanted it that way at the time.

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