[Coco] Good news: my CoCo 3 is back to life!

[Mike Pepe]

Joel Ewy wrote:

> FWIW, I have a 26-3029, a 26-3129, a J&M (says JFD-COCO rev.A on the
> PCB), a Disto Super Controller, and a couple Super Controller IIs.  They
> all work on the CoCo 3 without an MPI.  (And none of them are an FD-501
> :) )  My 3029 has an MB8877 FDC with a WD9216 data separator.  The
> controller in the J&M is an SY6591.  All the rest use the 28-pin WD1773. 
> 
> Mike Pepe notes in an email on this list on 8/2/06 that the original
> controller (the one that required 12V on the bus) was the 26-3022.  So
> that should be the only one you would need to plug into the MPI to use
> with the CoCo 3.

Let me verify that as true, the 3022 is the only RS disk controller that 
needs +12V to operate.

> This fall Mike Pepe modified his  3029 for high-density and posted a few
> messages about it on this list.  Last I recall he still needed to
> finalize the software/firmware modifications.  His notes are here: 
> http://www.doki-doki.net/~lamune/computers/coco/hd-floppy/ 

Yes, the 3029 Hi-density mod does work. Hopefully once my stuff gets out 
of storage and back into a house I can keep going on that little project!

-Mike