[Coco] PC-to-CoCo floppy drive cable

Darren A mechacoco at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 20:57:28 EST 2008


On 11/12/08, Gene Heskett  wrote:

> ...
>
> All you need to do is pop the pc's idc connector off, and pop on a coco edge
> pattern connector.  Fine tipped exacto to open the idc with, and a vice to
> put the edge connector on with.  And a SHARP pair of scissors to trim the
> end
> of the cable in case its ragged.  SE Razor blades can be used two.

Not quite. The twist in a standard PC cable also swaps the two
separate Motor Enable signals used in the PC implementation. You only
want to twist wires 10-12 when connecting to a CoCo.

Darren



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