[Coco] 3.5" Floppies on my Coco 3!

[Daniel Campos]

Several on this album... :)

https://picasaweb.google.com/109345699838454178536/InterfacesDeDriveEOutrasEncomendas#

also recorded a video, but is in portuguese...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qWcoAnnexI

Regards,
Daniel

Em 06/04/2013 14:40, Blake Patterson escreveu:
> Got a photo of the setup? Would like to see.
>
> bp
>
> On Saturday, April 6, 2013, Daniel Campos wrote:
>
>> I also using a 1.44HD Drive and no problems detected with any disks so far.
>> But I think if using HD media with an HD Drive (my current config) I will
>> have no problems. I think problems occurs most if you are using old 720Kb
>> drives with HD Media...
>>
>> The only problem I get is that my Color64 can not load OS9 L1 yet. The
>> same config (using the same ROMs) on the XROAR, works like a charm.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> Em 06/04/2013 13:32, Michael Graham escreveu:
>>
>>> I must have unusually good luck, then, as I've been using 1.44MB disks
>>> with the hole covered as 720KB disks for a few years now, and I generally
>>> don't have any problem reading the disks back, even a few weeks after I've
>>> written them. I guess I haven't really tested any longer than that, though,
>>> as I usually think of something different I'd like to put on the disks, so
>>> I reformat and write new content to the disks.
>>>
>>> Although, to be fair, I am using exclusively 1.44MB drives in 720KB mode
>>> to handle the disks, and I know they won't read back on a real 720KB drive
>>> (I did actually try that once).
>>>
>>> --Michael
>>>
>>> On 04/06/2013 05:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Saturday 06 April 2013 06:08:58 Kip Koon did opine:
>>>>
>>>>   Hi All,
>>>>> I communicated with my very first two 3.5" floppy drives on my Coco 3
>>>>> using Disto's Super Controller tonight!  I put HDBDOS 1.4 DW4 in the
>>>>> super controller.  It also has the 80x24 Composite video output
>>>>> daughter board with the mono sound output, an RTC and a Centronics
>>>>> Parallel port all on the daughter board for those that don't know what
>>>>> a Disto Super Controller is.
>>>>>
>>>>> I successfully formatted two real 720KB 3.5" disks and one 1.44MB disk
>>>>> with the capacity hole covered to make it look like a 720KB disk.
>>>>>
>>>>>   That won't usually last, sometimes not even an hour.  The recording is
>>>> too
>>>> weak for the magnetic coating of a HD disk and will fade.
>>>>