[Coco] Help with floppy disk setup - first time user

[Blake Patterson]

Ugh.

I wish I had a SD solution... :-)




bp

On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Fd-500 requires 12vdc...so wont work on CoCo 3...unless you have
multi-pak interface to plug it into?
>
> Blake Patterson <blakespot at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>On Jan 31, 2012, at 7:37 PM, Robert Gault wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If you plugged the disk controller into the Coco3 and the drives are
connected to the controller with a ribbon cable, the drives should work.
There aren't many reasons why the drives would not work under these
conditions. But we will need more information.
>>>
>>> 1) When you turn the system on with the controller connected, do you
see Disk Basic rather than Extended Basic?
>>
>>No.
>>
>>> 2) What is the model number of the controller? That will identify
whether the controller needs a 12v supply that the Coco3 does not have.
>>
>>Disk Drive FD-500
>>
>>> 3) When you enter a disk command, does any drive start spinning? Are
there any error messages?
>>
>>?SN ERROR
>>
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>bp
>>
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