[Coco] FD501

Chester A Patterson vchester at setec-cr.com
Tue Nov 21 15:22:56 EST 2006


Tricky devils. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Darren A.

>I picked up a TANDY FD501 complete. First original TANDY FD I've ever 
>owned. Drive 0 only. Only one R/W head, unfortunately. What I find 
>curious is that both the DS0 and the DS1 bridges are soldered (not to 
>each other), as if the appropriate jumpers were in place. I checked the

>ribbon cable and it appears fully intact and original. I've not had the

>chance to try it out. Is it normal for these units to have DS0 *and* 
>DS1 jumpered? Can't figure that one out.
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Yes, my FD501 also has both DS0 and DS1 connected. Tandy's method of
drive selection was to remove the appropriate contacts from the edge
connectors on the cable.




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