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

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John
It seems that almost all of us coco'ist have some experience 
doing this kind of thing. You can either get the 
specifications for all your components and make sure or you 
can give it a try and take your chances. Good luck either way.
Eric
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:10:01 -0800
>From: "John Guin" <johnguin at hotmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Any problem with connecting 2 floppies 
to one power supply?  
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
<coco at maltedmedia.com>
>
>No, it's not an RS drive.  Sorry I wasn't more specific.
>
>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.
>
>I also have a Mitsubishi 5 1/4" drive, but it spins 
constantly when power is
>supplied to it.  Either it's jumpered wrong (I don't ahve 
the docs for it),
>it needs 3.3v instead of the 5/12v PS I have, or it's just 
plain broken.
>Does anyone else have any experience with getting 5.25" 
drives working
>outside of a Wintel box?
>
>Thanks for the help,
>John
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com>
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
<coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 3:55 PM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Any problem with connecting 2 floppies 
to one power
>supply?
>
>
>>
>> Is it a Radio Shack drive? Are the drives horizontal or 
vertical?
>>
>> NM
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Guin" <johnguin at hotmail.com>
>>
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I have a singel floppy drive system for my coco I bought 
back in
>> the 80s.  I
>> > have a second 5 1/4" drive to add to it and it fits 
inside the
>> case, and I
>> > have a cable which allows two floppies.  The power 
supply is the
>> problem -
>> > it only has one connector.  Is it possible to add a 
splitter which
>> would
>> > power both drives?  Does the coco ever access both at 
the same
>> time, and if
>> > not, can anyone see any problems with connecting 2 
floppies to the
>> single
>> > power supply?
>>
>>
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