[Coco] floppy drive question - only a little OT

[Christopher Smith]

Has this been covered on the list before such that I can dig up the discussions in the archives?  Otherwise would you care to elaborate?  I may have something similar coming up, myself.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Hermanek" <rhermanek at centurytel.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:28:37 PM
> Subject: [Coco] floppy drive question - only a little OT
> 
> Since my recent success with 3.5" on my coco3 (thank you everyone) I
> decided to open up my Tandy 1000 HX and see what kind of floppy it
> has.
> I know it is a standard 720k floppy in terms of software, but when I
> looked in the case I've got this:  what appears to be a perfectly
> normal
> floppy drive, with 34 pin cable attached, and no power cable on the 4
> pin power connector.  Floppy works fine of course -- is it an option
> I
> was unaware of for floppy drives to receive power via the 34 pin
> ribbon
> cable itself?  I was going to stick a second drive in there, but
> there
> is no 4 pin power cable available...
> 
> Just a little mystery.
> 
> -RobertH
> 
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Christopher Smith
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