[Coco] Re: Temp drives

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello David

Dang! You comng to the Fest?? If so bring en 8-) You'd probably make a few
buck selling some of them.

On 03/26/2005, David wrote:
>
> I have a mound of these style of cables (leftovers from my computer 
> scavenging hobby)
>
> If you can describe precisely what you need, I can check my pile and
> see  how things go :)
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> billg wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>>I have a couple of bare 1.2Mb PC drives, a 2 drive cable, 
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>>>and a spare 
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>>>>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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