[Coco] CoCo floppy disk subsystem

[Rick Ulland]

Certainly will. You will be much happier with a 501 or 502. They are 
easy to maintain - the only thing that might ever happen is the floppy 
cable driver chips (2 x 7406 or 7416, I forget) can die if disconnected 
under load. The other chip (guessing 7416) is a better replacement, 
either way it's a simple chip swap and the challenge is finding enough 
other toys to make a minimum order since these are two a penny and 
you'll only ever need two.

I'd keep that original board around, it's kind of a classic.

-rick



On 1/15/21 12:26 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco wrote:
>   I took a quick and dirty pic of the controller with my Web cam:
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> https://drive.google.com/file/d/12qXDKO4ry3tdBFFqU5mz-ADVi2c384pn/view?usp=sharing
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> Although a bit blurry, the three pots are prominently visible at the top of the PCB.
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> If I were to swap out the controller for an FD501 or 502, will these controllers work with the floppy drive that came with my 26-3022 system? Thanks! Salvador
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