[Coco] 3.5" drives on coco 3

[J.P. Samson]

On Sep 27, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Fred D. Provoncha wrote:
> I modified the drive cable, and crammed the 3 1/2" drive into my  
> FD-502 case. It was difficult to get the cable connected to both  
> drives; not much space inside that case, and the cable was just  
> barely long enough.

Yeah, the existing cable in the FD-502 case doesn't work too well for  
connecting to a 3.5" drive.  Tandy sure didn't leave any extra length  
of cable for flexibility.  I ended up building a short 3" extension  
cable from the existing 34-pin cardedge connector to the 34-pin IDC  
connector on the 3.5" drive.  (34-pin male cardedge to 34-pin female  
IDC adapter plugged into a 34-pin male IDC on the end of 3" of 34- 
conductor ribbon cable, a 34-pin female IDC on the other end to hook  
into the drive.  Whew!)

-- JP