[Coco] [Color Computer] 5 1/4" Floppy Drive

[mike delyea]

No, I don't think 5.25" 1.2 mb drives are suitable for the coco, you
need 360k drives.  You can substitute 3.5" 720k and sometimes 3.5"
1.44mb drives.  I have an older Compaq 3.5" 1.44mb drive being used as
drive 1 under DECB and NitrOS-9 and have had zero problems with it.


On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:29 PM, seanrussoct08 <seanruss at netzero.net> wrote:

> Hi to all Coco users!

>

> I am dusting off my old coco's and have a question.  I apologize if

> this is the millionth floppy question on here.  I called the local

> used computer store and the man said they have a large bucket of 5

> 1/4" floppy drives they sell for $5.00 ea.  But he doesn't know if

> they are 360K or what.

>

> My question is, will any 5 1/4" floppy drive work for transferring

> files from a PC to a Coco?  I should mention that i have a FD502 stock

> single sided low density floppy in the coco.  Should I get 2 and put

> one in the PC & one in the coco?  By the way I have a coco2 64K and a

> coco 3 128K.  I don't have OS-9 yet, i would like to download

> NitrOS-9, and other programs.

>

> Any help would be appreciated.

>

>

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