[Coco] 26-3022 Disk Drive and controller

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Kip Koon
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Welcome to the Coco List Spencer.  :)  I glad you found us.  I concur with
the previous answers to your questions.
Kip

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 7:22 PM
To: Coco
Subject: [Coco] 26-3022 Disk Drive and controller

Greetings all.

First, Thanks for allowing me to be a member to this list.

I am (very) new to the Coco community, platform, and Coco hardware/software.


I recently bought the above units.  For their age I'm amazed at the good
condition.  I also recently bought a Coco2, and understand this disk
drive/controller will will only work with my system using at least a
multi-pak - which I also purchased.  I read some negative remarks re:
unreliability this combination of disk and controller, and I was wondering
if  there is anything I can do to improve or eliminate these disadvantages
of the combined units?  Should I locate a FD-501 or 502 controller?  Your
expert opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Also can someone recommend a vender to buy the 160k (or whatever is
compatible) floppy disks?  If some other capacity can be used please educate
me and are they formatted in Basic?  I also found some manuals, but haven't
received them yet from ebay.

Thank you very much for your advice.

Spencer

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