[Coco] Regarding disk drives

[John Eric]

I should have searched first, here's a write up on the thing:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/fdd/confCable-c.html (firefox prevents a pop-up, so be warned.. i despise popups.)
 Explains why they did it that way - they were lazy :) jeric




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From: John Eric <jet.pack at ymail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 3:39:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Regarding disk drives

Okay. Thanks. I've already decided just to make some cables from scratch - it'll cost maybe $4 not counting the crimp tool, but no headaches that way :)jeric




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From: Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 3:34:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Regarding disk drives

On 1/2/09, John Eric wrote:
> I wasn't too clear at the end of this. What I was meaning is if I jumper two
> drives as drive 1 and connect them to the IBM cables drive a and drive b
> connectors, that should give me drive 0 and 1 on coco and if I jumper a 3rd
> drive as drive 2 and connect it to the connector intended for a tape drive,
> that should work as coco drive 2. I'm going to go ahead and order the idc
> crimp tool as I realize it will have many uses, such as making a CM-8
> extender cable, etc.
>
> jeric

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A standard PC floppy cable twists wires 10 through 16.  To use two
drives that are both jumpered as Drive 1 with a CoCo, you need a cable
that only twists wires 10 through 12.

Darren

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