[Coco] double disk drive

Sylvain Rousseau sroussea at comlab.com
Fri Feb 4 09:27:05 EST 2005


Thank you all for your help.

I can add a switch and do the soldering it need.

If someone have a schematic or a picture it would be nice but I understand 
what to do.


Sylvain



At 21:51 2005-02-03, you wrote:

>That's it.  I did it many years ago for my "super" disk setup.  Three 3.5"
>drives with a 5.25" switched as Drive Zero.
>
>Bruce W.
>
>
>
> > So if i get you correctly, the switch basically reverses which drive is
> > plugged in where?
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > > Can you wire up a reversing switch?  You will need to have the drive one
> > > and
> > > drive two lines from the controller go to the center terminals of a
>double
> > > pole double throw switch.  The lines from the drives will go to one set
>of
> > > outside terminals and then a pair of wires to cross over from that
>outside
> > > terminal pair to the opposite terminals.
> > >
> > > Bruce W.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I just upgrade my FD500 floppy drive.
> > >>
> > >> I add a 3 1/2" drive on it and I want to know how to add a switch that
> > >> let
> > >> me select which of the 2 drives is the drive 0.
> > >>
> > >> Could you help me?
> > >>
> > >> Sylvain
>
>
>
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