[Coco] FD-502 dual drive system on eBay (not mine)

[Retro Canada]

i am talking about the full height unity to put half drives.

On 2013-09-16, at 5:46 PM, Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:

I put a non-Tandy drive in my old FT-502 case and it fit perfectly back in
the day.  I think I just had to change the power connector to a molex one.


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <
retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> you will need to drill new holes on it since they don't match.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Christopher Smith <csmith at wolfram.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> Excellent, so it looks like I may be able to make a simple conversion
> from
>> one of the full-height units, then.  I'll just have to keep an eye out
> for
>> a half-height, DS/DD drive.  The second drive would probably be the
>> quad-density one that I have currently.  I suppose I should start looking
>> at how to swap drive IDs as well.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Rogelio Perea" <os9dude at gmail.com>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:52:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] FD-502 dual drive system on eBay (not mine)
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013, Christopher Smith wrote:
>>> 
>>> I do wish people didn't pay nearly so much for those two drive
>>> things.
>>>> Honestly, I've begun to wonder whether I could convert one of the
>>>> single
>>>> drive boxes to hold two half-height drives.  Not sure if they'd
>>>> mount
>>>> properly in the case, and have no idea whether the power supply
>>>> would be
>>>> sufficient.
>>> 
>>> I added a second drive to my FD-502 years ago (20+) and did not
>>> install the
>>> fan as suggested in the user manual; had the system in close
>>> observation
>>> for a while and even under heavy disk usage (OS9L2) the power supply
>>> never
>>> defaulted, and it is still rock solid to this day. That FD-502 I use
>>> exclusively on my CoCo 3 setup.
>>> 
>>> A little bit more than a year ago I upgraded my CoCo 1's 26-3029 disk
>>> system (prior model before the FD-500): drive was a full height
>>> device
>>> mounted on a corresponding case - took the original drive out and
>>> replaced
>>> it with two TEAC FD-55 half-height drives, they sat nicely on the
>>> case -
>>> only had to drill a couple of mounting holes on the bottom to secure
>>> the
>>> drives inside. The full height case's power supply is a no frills
>>> linear
>>> one, again as with my first days with the upgraded FD-502, after
>>> hooking up
>>> both drives to it I kept a close eye on the power demands, play
>>> tested with
>>> OS9L1 to my heart's content and not a single problem crept in - I did
>>> put a
>>> fresh helping of heat sink silicone grease on the power regulator
>>> before
>>> hooking up the drives, power supply runs warm to the touch but
>>> nothing
>>> beyond the ordinary.
>>> 
>>> Newer drives will have less power demands than older units, that has
>>> to
>>> account for my problem free experiences with the disk system upgrades
>>> noted
>>> above.
>>> 
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