[Coco] Easy way to add a 3 1/2 floppy drive to your coco

[rietveld rietveld]

Maybe not the cheapest way but definitely easier. I use this with my goetek also

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  Original Message
From: Bill Gunshannon
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2020 8:49 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
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Subject: Re: [Coco] Easy way to add a 3 1/2 floppy drive to your coco


On 5/14/20 8:35 AM, rietveld rietveld wrote:
> This is the easiest way to replace a 5 1/4 drive with a 3 1/2.   You won't need to build your own cable or hack the existing one
>
> I replaced my second drive, in my coco and dragon, using this adapter. Now both machines have a 5 1/4 drive 0 and 3 1/2 drive 1.
>
> ‎https://m.ebay.com/itm/Card-Edge-to-IDC-Connector-Adapter-5-25-to-3-5-Floppy-Cable-Gotek-34-pin/124055375980?_trkparms=aid=888009&algo=DISC.LISTINGS&ao=1&asc=20141013130338&meid=5d3822650a4f43df9e35b81c71dd8a2e&pid=100172&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=153819778628&itm=124055375980&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2332490&algv=DiscV2&_trksid=p2332490.c100172.m2966&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1

I've got about a dozen different kinds of those floating
around. They were very common when the 3.5" first came out
and PC's still had the old cables in them.

bill


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