[Coco] Help with floppy disk setup - first time user

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Chad H wrote:


> Fd-500 requires 12vdc...so wont work on CoCo 3...unless you have multi-pak interface to plug it into?


This is not correct.  The FD-500 does not require 12VDC and should work fine with the CoCo 3.

Something else must be at issue.
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> Blake Patterson <blakespot at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Robert Gault wrote:

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>>> If you plugged the disk controller into the Coco3 and the drives are connected to the controller with a ribbon cable, the drives should work. There aren't many reasons why the drives would not work under these conditions. But we will need more information.

>>> 

>>> 1) When you turn the system on with the controller connected, do you see Disk Basic rather than Extended Basic?

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>> No.

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>>> 2) What is the model number of the controller? That will identify whether the controller needs a 12v supply that the Coco3 does not have.

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>> Disk Drive FD-500

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>>> 3) When you enter a disk command, does any drive start spinning? Are there any error messages?

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>> ?SN ERROR

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>> Thanks.

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>> bp

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