[Coco] Re: Which disk controller

[farna at att.net]

The only "advantage" to a 501 drive controller is that it can be modified to work with double density (1.2MB) drives. Of course that's only good for OS-9, and really isn't much use today. I'm not sure if the same specs work with 1.4MB drives, I'd think so...

The 502 is smaller and draws less power. I'd keep it and get a hard drive controller or Cloud 9's Super IDE with memory card if extra storage and/or larger removeable storage is needed. 

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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 01:29:36 -0500
> From: Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com>
> Subject: [Coco] Which disk controller
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
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> 
> In today's mail I got a pleasant surprise. The 502 disk controller
> and dual 502 drives as well as the multipak that I ordered from Glen
> at the Coco lounge arrived. ( as well as a rom pak that I didn't order
> and which I need to talk to Glen about paying for!! ) After I got the
> package I took a look at his website and read about the reasons for the
> delay. I would like to appologize to Glen and the list for my earlier
> comments questioning his honesty. I didn't understand the reasons for the
> delay and was lashing out. I now know why he is as respected in the Coco
> comunity as he is.
> 
> While impatiently waiting for the 502 drives and controller I bought a 
> 501 controller with a 501 drive (modified by cloud9 to function as a dual
> sided drive) from Ebay. I also bought a single 502 drive with a
> non-functional controller ( the seller made it clear that the
> drive/controller didn't work. I put in the winning bid for the monitor). I am
> now wondering if there is any advantage to using the 502 controller instead
> of the 501 controller that I have been using. For what it's worth they
> both work and I mostly use nitrOS-9 or one of the many versions of hdb-dos
> from Cloud9.
> 
> Frank
>