[Coco] Any problem with connecting 2 floppies to one power supply?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon Feb 2 12:28:52 EST 2004


On Monday 02 February 2004 07:20, Bruce Calkins wrote:
>I have a reference book giving capacities for model numbers.  TEAC
> used the FD-55(W/letter code) for drives from 180k to 1.2 meg. 
> Send me the letters and I can match it up.  1.2 meg drives won't
> work with the stock CoCo controller,  720k drives work with some
> "adjustments",  180k are hardly worth the bother.  TEAC FD-55, B,
> BR, BV & E should work O.K.  The FD-55 FR &FV, 720k drives are
> desired by some CoCoNuts.
>
>Bruce W.
>
>> This is a drive I got fom Owlware a long time ago.  It's a Mitsumi
>> drive with a no name power supply and case.  The other drive I
>> want to conect is
>
>a
>
>> TEAC FD-55.

The Teac 55G's can also be used, when jumpered back to 300 rpm, which 
makes a 720k drive out of them.

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