[Coco] CoCo Disk Drives

Al Hartman alhartman6 at optonline.net
Fri Feb 27 12:08:08 EST 2015


Oh, ignore that. You have Tandy drives and don't need to check the jumper 
for the motor on signal.

-[ Al ]-

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rick Thornquist


Al -

The last bit of your message got cut off.  You wrote "Also, check" and
that's it.  Don't keep me in suspense! :)

I'll check the drive selects as well as the terminators.

- Rick

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
wrote:

> Okay Rick,
>
> That makes sense. Basically, the drive at the end of the cable needs a
> terminator. In your case, that will be Drive 1.
>
> Drive 0 won't need it.
>
> Yes, drive selects matter. For a pulled pin cable, all drive selects
> should be jumpered if possible. If not, make sure the drive is jumpered 
> for
> the correct cable position.
>
> Drive 0 = 12, 14, and 32 pulled.
> Drive 1 = 10, 14, and 32 pulled.
> Drive 2 = 10, 12, and 32 pulled.
> Drive 3 = 10, 12, and 14 pulled.
>
> Also, check
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Thornquist
>
> Al -
>
> The controller says 26-3029 on it, but the drive says 26-3029 on it as
> well.
>
> It appears I do have a pulled pin cable.  This is new to me - I haven't
> experienced this pulled pin cable thing before!  The middle connector has
> 12, 14 and 32 pulled and it's drive 0.  The end connector has 10, 14, and
> 32 pulled and is drive 1.
>
> I haven't gone into the drives yet, I guess that's the next step.  I'll
> check for termination resistors.  Do the drive selects matter if I have a
> pulled pin cable?
>
> Glad to know that the drives will work with the CoCo.
>
> Thanks again for the help!
>
> - Rick
>
>
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