[Coco] 1.2Mb floppy drives

Brett Gordon beretta42 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 7 11:33:55 EST 2017


Bill, my understanding is the HD floppies transfer data even faster than
the our current double density floppies.  Our CoCo can barely keep up with
the WD controller as it is. You'll need a new controller w/ buffering and
new software drivers. Good Luck!

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> Has anyone figured how to use 1.2Mb floppy drives with the Coco (EITHER
> NitrOS-9 or RSDos).
>
> Since 180Kb and 360Kb are getting as scarce as hen’s teeth, I need SOME
> kind
> of 5 ¼” drive, or I have 578 5 ¼” coasters.
>
> Thanks
>
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