[Coco] floppy drive question - only a little OT

[Robert Hermanek]

I found all the facts I needed about modifying the existing tandy cable 
here:

http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html#II.C.2

If you wanted to continue a conversation about the Tandy 1000, feel free 
to email me directly off-list ... not that I'm an expert but I could 
keep you informed on how my experiments go...

-RobertH


On 7/19/2013 12:11 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
> 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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