[Coco] Disk drive question

[Rogelio Perea]

Controllers from RS catalog 26-3029 onward were 5v only ones and usable
with the CoCo 2 & 3, that will include the FD500/501/502.

Don't have the RS catalog handy for the older controller but if it ain't
the 3029 (which is housed in the long length pak) then it is more or less a
sure bet it will be the older 12v requiring controller.


-- RP


On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

> Wasn't there a problem running the FD-501 with a Coco 3? Seems like it was
> a voltage problem. Something like no 12v on the Coco 3 and the FD-501s need
> the 12v? Or was this the FD-500? I remember reading somewhere that you
> needed the FD-502 for a Coco 3. This may even apply to some of the later
> Coco 2s. Seems like you had to have a Multipak to use them as the Multipak
> supplied the proper voltages.