[Coco] Re: Re: FD-502 controller problem

[Mike Pepe]

> 
> Would the length of the cable to the drives matter? I do have a very long
> cable. Like I said before, with the Disto SCII
> There is never a problem. Its just that with no multipak the Disto sticks
> out way too far from the side of the CoCo3.
> The person who gave me the 502 controller seems to remember it having this
> trouble with his coco system as well.

yes, the cable length is significant.

it could be (most likely is) that the Disto controller is better able to 
drive the excessively long cable and the Tandy one cannot.