[Coco] FDC identification please!

Gene Heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Fri Jun 13 01:45:40 EDT 2014


On Friday 13 June 2014 01:33:45 Kandur did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Floppy disk controller board.
> WD171773 controller chip.
> Socketed 28 pin Extended Color Basic 2.1 chip.
> Every edge connector pin has a toroid choke.
> Metal shield on the board's back side.
> Hole in the center for case bolt.
> Made in Korea.
> Works fine with Coco-3.
> Photos:
> http://qdv.pw/eng/_photos/Computers/Coco/cartridges/FD%20controller-no%
> 20case/
> 
> Kandur

Interesting.  with chokes in all the floppy signal lines, they must have 
more stringent rfi laws than we do here in the states.  Looks well built 
too.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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