[Coco] Temp drives

[billg]

Oh, well, my mistake.  My cable only has ONE 'card-edged' connector, and the
rest the 'pin' connectors.  So, basically, I DON'T have a cable after all.

I've made a few phone calls to the local 'repair shops' and no-body has the
card-edged cables any more.  Too old.  Just like MFM drives I need for my HD
setup are no longer available.

Oh, well.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
>[mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Robert Gault
>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:08 AM
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Temp drives
>
>Should work. The only problem may be drive selection. Modern 
>PC drives don't work the same way that older drives did. Now 
>there may not be a dip switch for selecting the number of the 
>drive as there had been; you may have to use the cable/pins. 
>You may even have to twist some of the cable strands.
>
>I have a PC drive for drives #1,3 which is working without any 
>modification of the Coco drive cable. I would have trouble 
>making the drive work for #0,2.
>
>billg wrote:
>> I have a couple of bare 1.2Mb PC drives, a 2 drive cable, 
>and a spare 
>> power supply.  If memory serves, I SHOULD be able to hook everything 
>> up and make them work.
>> 
>> Right??
>> 
>> Anything I've forgotten??
>> 
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