Model 100 DVI drive

Bill: I don't have a CoCo, but I do have a DVI. So I was going to raid the drive from an external CoCo drive that I somehow got and use it in the DVI. I was concerned more with electrical compatibility than software compatibility. I didn't realize that in those machines Tandy used standard floppy drives. I guess by that point in time, many manufacturers (except Apple and Commodore) standardized on an IBM-style drives rather than proprietary setups. I'm sure I'm over-generalizing and will start a sprightly discussion on disk formats :-) Thanks to all who responded. Rich -----Original Message----- From: Bill Allen Jr [mailto:n8uhn@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:14 AM To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Model 100 DVI drive I cannot remember what the model 100 used for a drive. the coco and coco 2/3 both used standard (ibm compatable) mfm, 5 1/4 in, single sided, low density floppy drives. the card edge connector for the coco cable between the interface cart and floppy was a streight thru cable - (pin 1 went to pin 1 etc). i have used standard 360k floppys on the coco - it only uses one side of the diskette for 180k. if the model 100 has the same pinout and uses a standard mfm dirve it should work. btw the coco drive case did have a power supply in it for the drive - power did not come from the cart. Bill Message: 36 From: "Cini, Richard" <RCini(a)congressfinancial.com> To: "CCTech (E-mail)" <cctech(a)classiccmp.org> Subject: Model 100 DVI drive Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:55:53 -0500 Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org 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. Thanks. Rich ========================== Richard A. Cini, Jr. First Vice President Congress Financial Corporation 1133 Avenue of the Americas 30th Floor New York, NY 10036 (212) 545-4402 (212) 840-6259 (facsimile) End of cctech Digest