28 Jan
2003
28 Jan
'03
4:14 a.m.
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Cini, Richard wrote:
Hello, all:
Does anyone know if the specs on the Model 100 Disk-Video Interface
is the same as the CoCo disks? I have a single-drive DVI and a single
low-profile CoCo disk drive. They physically look to be the same but I
wanted to be sure before I lashed them together.
WHICH specs?
If you're asking about the disk format:
They use a similar logical structure with different parameters; mutually
incompatible, but same idea for DIR structures. (I use the same
subroutine for both, with different variables)
Both use 300 oerstedt ("360K") diskettes.
If you are asking whether you can install a second (or replace
original) drive:
YES.
It is an "industry standard" flopy drive. You need to use a drive that is
300 RPM, and can properly handle 250K data transfer rate ("180K" or
"360K"), such as Shugart/Matsushita/Panasonic 455, Teac 55B, etc.
Only thing to watch for would be termination and drive select.