[Coco] Floppy hardware...

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 15 January 2014 12:17:08 billg999 at cs.uofs.edu did opine:

> > Good evening!
> > 
> > I'm having a devil of a time building a complete 2xDSDD 5.25" floppy
> > system for my CoCo 3. I've got a complete one-drive FD-502, and a
> > complete one-drive FD-500 (with the 26-3029 controller).
> > 
> > The FD-500, I discovered, only has a TEC FB-501 180K SSDD drive.
> > The FD-502, while it has a Mitsumi D502 360K drive, has unusual power
> > connectors – not the standard 4-pin Molex, and it doesn't match the
> > 4-pin mini-Molex found on 3.5" drives. The two-drive-bay enclosure
> > has support for a second drive, but the included power connector is
> > the same odd 4-pin that doesn't match a mini-Molex.
> > 
> > I bought a Chinon FZ-502 off Fleabay, which should be a 360K drive.
> > It's got a standard large 4-pin Molex power connector.
> > 
> > Is the pinout on the power connectors in the FD-500 and the FD-502 the
> > same? Could I install the Chinon into the FD-502 case by cutting out
> > the odd power connector and splicing in a spare 4-pin Molex?
> > 
> > Don't even start me on the fun I had mistakenly buying what was
> > labeled as a 360K TEAC drive on Fleabay and discovering what arrived
> > was actually a 1.2MB TEAC-55GFR.
> 
> Should be able to jumper that for 360K.  GFR's are very flexible.
> 
> bill
> 
No, it has narrow heads.  Its far better off moving the jumper that speeds 
it up to 360 rpm, which makes a great 720k drive out of it. 
> 
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