[Coco] tandy 1000 ex/hx external 720k drive to use on coco

[Josh Harper]

yeah I think I may order one as well
if that wasn't gonna work I have a poer supply out of a fd-501 or 502  that if I could find some  to put in a nice smaller case and make the wires on the poer connectors that goto the drive longer id  use that  
but rryin  to do it the easyist way possible
thanks for the info
       From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
 To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
 Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 3:01 AM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] tandy 1000 ex/hx external 720k drive to use on coco
   
Should work fine. In fact, I have one coming from china to power my 
N8VEM ZETA Z80 SBC.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia




On 20/06/2015 5:35 PM, Josh Harper via Coco wrote:
> what I have is  the tandy 1000 single external 720k drive in its original case with a new ribbon cable that plugs into the coco disk controller
> the I have a 4 pin small connector pluged in to the drive that has a 4 pin larger power connector on other end
> all I need now is a power supply that powers standard  cd/dvd/hdd that will plug into my  power connector
> is this correct
> will the following work,  looks like it has astandard hdd,cd,dvd  power connector
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-100V-240V-to-DC-12V-5V-2-5A-Power-Supply-Adapter-HDD-HARD-DISK-DRIVE-IDE-/121477474087?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c489f2727
> thanks  guys
>        From: George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com>
>  To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>  Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 12:16 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Coco] tandy 1000 ex/hx external 720k drive to use on coco
>
>    The last PSU I used was from an old VCR. It is a switching PSU and had
> 5V and 12V. It handles the CC3 board, 3.5" floppy drive and add on
> boards but I did have to add a 12V lamp to the 5V supply line to keep
> the current drain to a level that keeps the PSU happy.
>    I don't know how easy it is to find old VCRs now but, when I got this
> one, those things were constantly being tossed and replaced with new
> ones. That one is about half the width of a 5 /14 drive and about the
> same thickness and length.
>
> George R
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