[Coco] [Color Computer] using 1.44 floppy drives

Robert Emery theother_bob at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 2 15:57:57 EDT 2005



--- stacey <allencoco at yahoo.com> wrote:

> my question is can you use a 1.44 floppy on the coco if you use 720 
> media   or can you use a 1.44 flopy with 1.44 media with the high 
> density hole covered upu
> 


A 1.4 Meg drive will work great with the CoCo, and 720K diskettes can still be
purchased new... here's one vendor:
http://ecommerce.thetapecompany.com/ttc/shop/Items.asp?category=353

The drive adapter kit can be purchased from Fry's electronics for about $5 and
includes power and data cable adapters. It's a very easy upgrade.

cheers,
Bob


		
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