[Coco] Cable for Color Computer Disk drive

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday, August 16, 2010 07:26:59 pm Mike Rowen did opine:

> I have been slowly assembling components for a working Coco 3 system. I
> have separately obtained a 128k Coco 3, a Tandy disk controller card
> that greets me with Extended Disk Color Basic 2.1, and a Tandy Color
> Computer 5.25" disk drive. I do not have a ribbon cable to connect the
> disk drive to the controller card. Can anyone tell me if this a
> straight through ribbon cable or what cable is required if it isn't?
> Thanks.
> 
> -Mike
> 
A straight through is the favored choice of knowledgeable folks who are 
capable of changing the default address of their drive.  If not, then the 
tandy twisted cable should be used, and it is not exactly identical to the 
IBM std version of it.  One should be able to find a howto on the web 
showing how to make both cables.  The tandy cable IIRC, removes pins from 
the drive connector to prevent access to more than one drive, the ibm, 
method does not, but limits the setup to only 2 drives.

With a full cable 4 SS drives can be used, or 3 DS drives.  That is why it 
is the preferred type.

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