[Coco] STATUS - Re: Resurrecting a CoCo (26-3001) with a26-3029 FDC.

[Ryan Pritchard]

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as a matter of fact.

Don't have another controller to play with, unfortunately.

Regards,

Ryan Pritchard
Fun Extends All Basic Life Expectancies



On 12-Sep-08, at 9:48 PM, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:

>> I mean that the cable is on correct, the drive light and motor turn  
>> on after I press ENTER when entering DSKINI0 to format the  
>> diskette.  The drive proceeds to spin the disk and move the head  
>> for about 35 track adjustments then makes a normal type of I am not  
>> going to complete my  job grind noise, and then I get the ?IO ERROR  
>> message.
> Right, the first pass writes formatting information to the disk.   
> Then it steps back to the start and tries to read what it wrote.   
> Since it can't you get a I/O ERROR.
>
>> Unfortunately I do not have an already formatted CoCo diskette.  I   
>> will have to setup an older 386 / 486 / Pentium class board and  
>> case  to see if these drives actually work,
> Well a rare Pentium 2 or 3 class machine will have 5.25" floppy  
> support.  It is a BIOS issue more than anything else.
>
>> but from your interpretation, I likely have to do something with  
>> the FDC. I have read about the need  to replace the 7416 with 7406.
> Another controller for testing might help.
>
> Are you in Canada by any chance?
>
> Bruce W.
>
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