[Coco] An eBay auction - what is it?

[Mike Pepe]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of jdaggett at gate.net
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:58 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] An eBay auction - what is it?
> 
> On 19 Dec 2012 at 15:44, Louis Ciotti wrote:
> 
> > My guess is some one used this:
> >
> > http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/X2263.2002
> >
> > to make an external enclosure for COCO floppies.
> 
> Very possible. The original COCO1 did not have a dual floppy case. That
drive
> was a single drive and if you wanted two you had to have two cases. Strip
out
> the old drive or even use then and modify a controller to have a dual
drive
> system in one case.
> 
> james
 
Yep- It's pretty clearly someone's rather clever hack of a dual-floppy DEC
enclosure. 25 signal paths are more than sufficient to make that work. I
suspect some creative wiring on the other side of that 25 pin connector to
those floppy drives!

-Mike