[Coco] Using laptop floppies on CoCo (or PC for that matter)

[tonym]

I can get some of those from a friend who has a recycling company here 
in Miami, FL (recycledpcparts.com - eBay ID: recycles )for Probably 
like $8-10/ea.  

But wasn't there a problem with the 1.2's spinning at 360rpm vs 300rpm 
for the 360k's or something like that?

I have an Epson version I can experiment with...

Tony 


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Diego Barizo <diegoba at adinet.com.uy>
Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Date:  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:36:32 -0500

>No, not me, but I just remembered those dual drives...That in a single 
>5.25 bay give you a 5.25 and a 3.5 drive. With those, you could have 2+2 
>drives in the chassis...
>http://cgi.ebay.com/TEAC-FD-505-309-U-1-2MB-1-44MB-COMBO-FLOPPY-DRIVE-USED_W0QQitemZ8795089549QQihZ005QQcategoryZ44959QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
>
>Mike Pepe wrote:
>> Someone here- Diego maybe? was wiring up laptop floppies to a CoCo.
>>
>> Anyone know if there's such a thing as a 34 pin to (whatever laptop 
>> floppy drives use) connector? I've been searching around and haven't 
>> come up with anything.
>>
>> I had a laptop floppy in a swappable module I was going to take apart 
>> to investigate, but now I can't find it.
>>
>> The thought also occurs that I could put two 3.5" drives and one 5.25" 
>> drive in a standard FD-500/501/502 chassis if I could get the connectors.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>
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