[Coco] The perfect mas storage for the coco

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

Well I do have two 720k disks (1.44 drives) on my coco2 and coco3.

The only thing I have to do is or use DSDD disks (pretty rare) or just
cover the HD hole with a sticker. And I can use up to 720K on ADOS or OS-9.
But I use only 35 tracks for compatilibity.



On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:53 AM, T. Franklin <tim at franklinlabs.com> wrote:

> Working on a CoCo isn't a requirement for me. Although it would be nice. I
> bought it for use on some legacy machines at work and for my many keyboard
> work stations which use floppy drives.
>
> I'm sure there's a workaround for the CoCo like a custom ROM or something.
> I read in the past that someone got a 720K disk working with a CoCo. I
> would think that if there's a will, there's a way.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) [mailto:retrocanada76 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 08:27 AM
> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
> Subject: Re: [Coco] The perfect mas storage for the coco
>
> as I said if it can't work with 18 256-bytes sectors it won't worki hope
> you guys manage to make it work cause it would be a cheap
> floppyreplacement.On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:59 AM,  wrote:> > A little
> further investigation... These are all over E-Bay. They run from> > $30 to
> $80 US. Do a search for Floppy Emulator. Most come out of China.> > They
> all look different but have a common theme and from what I can tell,> > the
> same PCB inside. The one I bouth looks to have the same (or close to)> >
> PCB as the IPCas one which Steve state sells for $300+. I found one> >
> selling in the US and bought it just for kicks. I does require special> >
> format software (free download).> >> > Perhaps someone can tell me how to
> configure the CoCo to run a 1.4K> floppy> > with 512 byte/sec floppy? If it
> can be done.> >> > In any event, I actually bought it for work as some of
> our legacy> machines> > still use floppies and I'm on my last working
> floppy drive.> >>> I just took a look. Think I'll be
>   getting one as soon as my Army> retirement check arrives. :-)>> The one
> I looked at said it emulates a 720K 3.5" floppy. I know> they work on a
> COCO so it should be possible to make this thing> do something, anyway.>>
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