[Coco] Which Coco 5.25" floppy disks work with the FD-500?

Tim Fadden t.fadden at cox.net
Mon Aug 16 17:50:07 EDT 2010


  Also,  as a side note.

If you punch a notch opposite the existing on, you will make the floppy 
diskette a Flippy Diskette allowing you to use both sides of the media.

Tim

On 8/16/2010 2:42 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> Yes, DS/DD is what you want.
>
> Art
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Mike Rowen<mike at bcmr3.net>  wrote:
>
>> I picked up what I guess to be an FD-500 Color Computer disk drive. This is
>> a full height 5.25" disk drive - the horizontal disk with the press down
>> door release. I suspect this is the 35 track 170k model. Will this drive
>> work with DS/DD diskettes (utilizing a single side of the disk)?
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