[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Older Floppy Drives

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 16 May 2005 11:24, R M S wrote:
>Anyone,
>
>I've come across a few older 5-1/4 inch
>floppy drives. I was wondering if anyone
>knows if any of these would be suitable
>for the CoCo or to use in a PC for writing
>CoCo disk images?
>
>Thanks,
>Rich Simoes
>
>Mitsubishi Model MF504P-362U 5 1/4" Floppy Drive
>
>NEC Model FD1155C 5 1/4" Floppy Drive
>
>NEC Model FD1157C 5 1/4" Floppy Drive
>
>TEAC Model FD-55GFR-541-U 5 1/4" Floppy Drive
>
This last (TEAC) one is a 720k/1.2 drive, not really usable as a 
primary drive on a coco/os9.  But when switched to 300 rpm, it will 
make a great 720k drive, uses DSQD disks for best results.  The 
coco's disk controllers cannot shuffle data fast enough to use the 
1.2 meg mode, where its running at 360 rpm and 500 kilobaud for 1.2 
megs.

I've no experience with the others, sorry.

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