[Coco] CoCo 1 troubles

[tfadden]

You should always have a drive at the end of the cable. So if you only 
have one drive, it should be at the end of the cable.

Also, make sure the cable is straight through, and not have any portion 
of the wires twisted.  PC's  generally  use a cable that has a few 
strands (4 i think?) twisted to set the drive #.

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------ Original Message ------
From: "Salvador Garcia via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: "Salvador Garcia" <salvadorgarciav at yahoo.com>
Sent: 12/23/2020 10:12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo 1 troubles

>  Thanks Rick!
>
>The LED does light up when the cable is inserted upside down as soon as the floppy drive is powered up.
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>I tried DIR 0 - 3. The drive motor spins with each command, but the LED never lights.
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>Not part of a set. I bought one drive for the CoCo 1 and used it for a while (~ from 82 to 85) then it went into storage for about 27 years until I unpacked it for last Sunday's virtual reunion. The system was working properly the last time I used it (back in the mid to late 80s).
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>I am going to clean the edge connector. It could also be the cable, but getting a replacement is going to take a while :-).
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>Also, my cable has two drive connectors. Is there an issue if I connect the drive to the outermost cable connector?
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>Thanks! Salvador
>
>PS: I am going to duplicate this thread on Facebook to request feedback from there.
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>
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>     El miércoles, 23 de diciembre de 2020 07:54:24 a. m. CST, Rick Ulland <rickulland1 at gmail.com> escribió:
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>  Re select LED - Did/does it light up when the cable is inserted upside
>down? All of the drives I've had did that, and I also did it a bunch.
>Could simply mean the LED died;-)
>
>Maybe this drive was part of a set? Try DIR 0 through DIR 3 - one of
>them should make the drive step and maybe add an audible clack as the
>head clamps down.
>
>ricku
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