[Coco] Connect CoCo Floppy drive to Windows PC

[Bob Devries]

John,
I'm sure you mean standard 3.5" PC drive?
3" drives were made for some odd-ball computers (I beg pardon from those who 
loved them), like Amstrad.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Connect CoCo Floppy drive to Windows PC



> This is my COCO Emulator system. I t has a 5.25 40ATrack drive and a 

> standard 3" PC drive.

>

> John Donaldson

>

> Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:

>

>> John Donaldson wrote:

>>

>>> Fedor,

>>> Why are trying to use the IDE cabel to access a 5.25 floppy. Almost all 

>>> motherboards have a Floppy controller and port. Just use a floppy cable 

>>> and hook it up to the 5.25 floppy.

>>

>>

>> I think he probably means IDC connector, or alternalty IDE-like 

>> connector, after all most PCs use a female 34way IDC for the floppy which 

>> is similar to the 40way used for the IDE. As opposed to the female edge 

>> type connector that the CoCo and Dragon disk controler boards use.

>>

>>>                                I have a 486 machine with both a 3" and a 

>>> 5.25 hooked that way.

>>

>>

>> Ohh do you mean a 3" drive, as in the ones used by a whole bunch of 

>> Amstrad (and Sinclair) machines ?

>>

>> Cheers.

>>

>> Phill.

>>

>

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