[Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive

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i have about 7 epson and chinon dual 5.25/3.5 drives, which can be
changed to 300 or 360 rpm (the epson at least - i haven't looked at the
chinons in awhile). I hadn't thought about using them with the Color
Computer, but I guess it's possible - the 3.5 will autoswitch to 720k
with a 720k floppy disk inserted (i think) and I can jumper the 5.25 to
be 720k (also, again i think)...
-r

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive
> From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 2:46 pm
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> 
> On Thursday 12 April 2007, Frank Pittel wrote:
> >Was there ever a 720K 5.25 floppy drive? I rember the sizes being 360K
> >and 1.2M. The 3.5 floppies were 720K and 1.4M. I don't remember how to
> >tell the difference between a 360K and 1.2M drive though
> >
> Yes, there were several, from both Teac, Pamnasonic and Mitsumi, and
> I've 
> owned a dozen or so including half a dozen of Tandon 100-4's, a full
> height 
> version.  MOST 1.2's can be slowed from 360 to 300 rpm by a jumper, at
> which 
> point they are identical to a 720k at the coco controllers clock rate.
>  I 
> presently am using such a drive.
> 
> >Frank
> >
> >On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:39:49PM -0700, coco at yourdvd.net wrote:
> >> actually, i think the floppy is still one of the devices that the os
> >> expects to be set in the bios. on my xp, it doesn't matter if i've got
> >> a 360k, 720k or 1.2m 5.25 hooked up - it just shows floppy 5.25" in
> >> control panel.
> >>
> >> anyway, you could try hooking them to a coco - it's either going to
> work
> >> or it won't. =r
> >>
> >> > -------- Original Message --------
> >> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Fw: Help floppy drive
> >> > From: "mike delyea" 
> >> > Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 1:24 pm
> >> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
> >> >
> >> > You could always hook them up to a PC and see if it autodetects it. 
> >> > IBMs are usually pretty good at that.
> >> >
> >> > On 4/12/07, Gene Heskett  wrote:
> >> > > On Thursday 12 April 2007, John T Chasteen wrote:
> >> > > >Sorry for that.  The drives are FD5481
> >> > >
> >> > > Got a brand name?  That doesn't google.
> >> > >
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