[Coco] FDC identification please!

Kandur k at qdv.pw
Fri Jun 13 12:13:32 EDT 2014


Now that I know, which controller I have,  Googled it and found
a fantastic, long and very informative thread on this list:
Need a FD 502 controller that can accept 28 pin roms
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.tandy.coco/51118
Thank you all, who contributed to it.

Kandur

Friday, June 13, 2014, 6:36:37 AM, you wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Kandur wrote:

>> 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.



> That is an FD-502 controller. It is the final model in the series of
> controllers produced by Tandy.

> Darren


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