[Coco] CoCo 1 troubles

[Bruce W. Calkins]

I have done this dozens of times with no long term damage.  Short term 
frustration OTOH. . .

Bruce W.


On 12/22/20 9:22 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco wrote:
>   Update:
> 
> I had the cable on backwards (ugh). I thought pin 1 on the floppy drive was towards the top. The notch is towards the bottom and it turns out that pin 1 is close to the notch.
> 
> I reversed the cable and tried again. The strange RF interference is gone, the screen remains steady as the drive is accessed. The drive select is working because I can see the motor spin; however, the LED does not light up.
> 
> Hopefully, I did not damage the unit when I reversed the cable.
> 
> Salvador
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