[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: 3.5" drives on coco 3

[Chuck Youse]

On Sep 30, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Stan Mooney wrote:

> a few simple patches will allow you to use 720k 3 1/2" drives on  
> the coco.  (my favorite utility for this [maybe because i wrote it]  
> is "super boot"--it should be available for download on many coco  
> sites since i put it into the public domain several years ago--if  
> not just drop me an e-mail and i will e-mail you a copy)
>
> the 1.44 meg drives are a little more difficult since they use  
> different timing than the 720k drives.  i have heard that those  
> require a disk basic 1.0 drive controller with some hardware  
> modifications.
>
>

Or the forthcoming COCO FDC!  Supports 3.5" 1.44MB high-density  
media, no-halt operation.  Coco 3 Nitr/OS-9 only, however.   I  
currently use the prototype on my dev system.

C.