[Coco] Need help (of course)

[Arthur Flexser]

P.S.  Actually, I really don't know how hard yanking a pin would be, once
the connector is already crimped on to the cable, though I think a tweezers
and some wiggling might manage it.  An easier fix might be taping over the
pin on the disk drive edge connector that the cable plugs into, though I'm
not sure how well the tape would hold up over long usage.  But that would
certainly let you know that you've got the right pins and enable you to use
the drives for however long the tape lasts.    (Maybe some sort of glue
applied in a narrow strip over the pin would be more durable?)

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> Well, this is really a very easy problem to fix.  You just need to prevent
> the Drive 0 line from reaching Drive 1 and vice versa.  Once you've
> identified which pins those are in your connectors, yanking one pin out of
> each connector should be pretty easy.  Others here, I'm sure, can provide a
> more detailed how-to.
>
> Art
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I was hoping to build a couple of drives so I could copy files from
>> 5 1/4s to 3 1/2s.
>>
>> Oh, well
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Arthur
>> Flexser
>> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 3:47 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Need help (of course)
>>
>> I believe that the drives lacking jumpers is the reason why Tandy used
>> pulled pins on the connector for drive selection on the drives for old
>> CoCos.  Sounds like your 5-1/4" drive is one of those requiring it.  Your
>> problem is that both drives are selected at once.
>>
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