[Coco] Connect CoCo Floppy drive to Windows PC

[Phill Harvey-Smith]

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.

-- 
Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general eccentric !

"You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.