[Coco] 64K Memory Test Program

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Thu Apr 16 00:12:38 EDT 2015


On Wednesday 15 April 2015 17:21:34 Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
> IIRC: Some CoCos used a reed type relay.  They are rather quiet, you
> almost need a stethoscope to hear them.
>
> Bruce W.
>
> ================
And those are the ones that if a big enough noise suppressor cap is 
across the motor, (out in the cassette machine)  will happily weld them 
selves shut quickly.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Boisy Pitre"
>
> > Thanks Daniel. Did the slowest check and all 64K checks out good.
> >
> > One thing that is puzzling… this is an E board CoCo 1. I cannot for
> > the life of me find the cassette relay on the board. No clicking
> > sound is made when togging the relay with MOTORON or MOTOROFF.
> >
> > Boisy Pitre
>
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