[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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