[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:
> 
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> No.
>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> Disk Drive FD-500
>> 
>>> 3) When you enter a disk command, does any drive start spinning? Are there any error messages?
>> 
>> ?SN ERROR
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks.
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>> 
>> bp
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