[Coco] An eBay auction - what is it?

[mike delyea]

If you zoom in on the controller picture you can clearly see some of the
lines have been cut out of the cable (look by the word Japan).  Would those
lines normally be used for the drive select?

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday 19 December 2012 16:22:16 Brian Blake did opine:
>
> > Saw this on eBay earlier. The controller definitely looks like a CoCo
> > disk controller, but I only count 25 conductors on that cable. Thoughts?
> >
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/121038263630?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3
> > 984.m1423.l2649
> >
> That would be early db25 scsi, or sasi. It could be used on a coco with a
> 50 to 25 adapter, but we have no clue how to handle decs floppy drives over
> a scsi connection.  But I'd imagine you could put a scsi HD in that box,
> and use it, I did on an amiga once years ago.
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