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

[Boisy Pitre]

Gents,

Not to put too fine a point on it, but FD-500 controllers will also  
work at 5v.  I think it's a very older, specific model number of disk  
controller that requires 12v and hence, the MPI.

Boisy

On Mar 5, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Mark Marlette wrote:

>
> 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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