11 Apr
1997
11 Apr
'97
6:12 a.m.
On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, A.R. Duell wrote:
I remember getting one of these earlier disk controllers, and running a
wire from the disk drive's 12V power supply to one of the pins on the
controller cartridge. (I still have this, and can dig-it-out if needed .
..)
I still
want to find a disk system for my CoCo-3 so that I can run OS-9 on
I assume you realise that a CoCo2 disk drive + controller will work.
That's what I currently use.
The very first CoCo disk controller needed a -12V line for the main
controller chip (1793?), and won't work in later CoCo's unless you add an
external PSU. This is possible, though.