[Coco] Have you ever seen a 3029 FD controller like this?

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:24:11 -0500
gene heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:

> On Sunday, January 30, 2022 7:05:43 PM EST rietveld rietveld wrote:
> > I just cracked open a factory sealed 26-3029 FD controller and it
> > looks completely different then the rest of the 3029s that i have.
> > Instead of being marked 1984 this one is stamped 1982 and the case
> > has some markings on the inside saying 3 am
> > July 5 1984
> > 
> > https://imgur.com/gallery/xcWTqBM
> > 
> I believe I have one of those, but it came wrapped in a Hard Drive 
> International label. The fujitsu MB8877 controller in it I I am told,
> is fast enough to run at 500khz, meaning a 3.5" drive hooked to it
> has a 1.44 meg capacity, not 720k. I was always going to convert it,
> but wound up getting a scsi hard drive 4in1 from Tony D. instead.
> Absolutely no clue where one might find those instructions today
> though.
> > 
> > 
> > Sent via BlackBerry Hub+ Inbox for
> > Android<http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.hu
> > b>
> 
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.

    Mike Pepe's mod is here:
https://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/26-3029_CoCo_Disk_Controller_High_Density_Modifications



Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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