[Coco] Any idea of the floppy disk unit I can connect to a 26-3029 controller ?

[Bruce W. Calkins]

I and others have not had good luck with 1.44M diskettes used as 720k. 
There is a difference in the media.  I have had good luck with 720k media in 
1.44M drives on my CoCos.

Bruce W.

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Michael Graham"

> Most 1.44M drives will work, but you'll only be able to use them at 720k 
> capacity.  If you don't have any 720k disks, you can tape over the density 
> select hole on a 1.44M disk and use it as a 720k after a reformat.
>
> --Michael
>
> On 5/19/2015 6:26 AM, Michael Rowen wrote:
>> Hi Didier,
>>
>> Any 180k,360k, or 720k disk drive will work. The key is either single or 
>> double density / one or two sided drive. It won't work with 1.2M or 1.44M 
>> drives. These use high density disks.
>>
>> Didier Derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Any idea of the floppy disk unit I can connect to a  26-3029 controller 
>>> ?
>>>
>>> just the type of floppy  (to try to find one on ebay)
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> --
>>> didier


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