[Coco] Connect CoCo Floppy drive to Windows PC

[Bob Devries]

John,
I'm sure you mean standard 3.5" PC drive?
3" drives were made for some odd-ball computers (I beg pardon from those who 
loved them), like Amstrad.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Connect CoCo Floppy drive to Windows PC


> This is my COCO Emulator system. I t has a 5.25 40ATrack drive and a 
> standard 3" PC drive.
>
> John Donaldson
>
> Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
>
>> John Donaldson wrote:
>>
>>> Fedor,
>>> Why are trying to use the IDE cabel to access a 5.25 floppy. Almost all 
>>> motherboards have a Floppy controller and port. Just use a floppy cable 
>>> and hook it up to the 5.25 floppy.
>>
>>
>> I think he probably means IDC connector, or alternalty IDE-like 
>> connector, after all most PCs use a female 34way IDC for the floppy which 
>> is similar to the 40way used for the IDE. As opposed to the female edge 
>> type connector that the CoCo and Dragon disk controler boards use.
>>
>>>                                I have a 486 machine with both a 3" and a 
>>> 5.25 hooked that way.
>>
>>
>> Ohh do you mean a 3" drive, as in the ones used by a whole bunch of 
>> Amstrad (and Sinclair) machines ?
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>
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