[Coco] Good news: my CoCo 3 is back to life!

[Mark Marlette]

He has a FD501, WD1773 controller. The WD1793 required the +12.

You are correct.

Mark

Quoting Brian Blake <random_rodder at yahoo.com>:

> If memory serves, anything older than an FD-501 controller will need  
>  to use the MPI with a CoCo3 due to the lack of 12vdc from the   
> expansion port. I could be wrong about this and I'm sure someone   
> will correct me if I am...
>
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Marcus Vinicius Garrett Chiado <marcus.chiado at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 8:40:04 AM
> Subject: [Coco] Good news: my CoCo 3 is back to life!
>
> Dear friends,
>
> My friend Daniel brought my CoCo 3 back to life, he reisntalled the 512 Kb
> expansion board and ta-da!!!!! It works!!!!
>
> http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t191/garrettimus/coco.jpg
>
> :-D
>
> Unfortunately, he couldn´t get the disk drive to work. We do not know if the
> HDB-DOS EPROM could be the problem, since DriveWire is not connected yet,
> only the disk drive itself. Is there any commands to load actual floppies
> when DriveWire is disconnected? He typed a command to load a game, but
> nothing happened. We haven´t been using the Multi-Pak either, just the disk
> drive interface/disk drive unit. Is the Multi-Pak needed because of the 12
> volt current?
>
> We are a little lost here, totally newbies in terms of CoCo.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> MARCUS VINICIUS GARRETT CHIADO
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