Interfacing w/ a Tandy Coco

[telengard]

I have a bunch of Coco's (1, 2, and 3) and I have a FD-501 disk controller which seems to take standard a floppy edge connector to 34 (no twist from what I can tell). What I'm wondering is, how do I power the HxC?
Also, are there any special considerations necessary for the Coco?

~telengard

[Jeff]

I have a bunch of Coco's (1, 2, and 3) and I have a FD-501 disk controller which seems to take standard a floppy edge connector to 34 (no twist from what I can tell). What I'm wondering is, how do I power the HxC?
Also, are there any special considerations necessary for the Coco?

~telengard

There are no floppy power connector in the coco ?

[telengard]

I have a bunch of Coco's (1, 2, and 3) and I have a FD-501 disk controller which seems to take standard a floppy edge connector to 34 (no twist from what I can tell). What I'm wondering is, how do I power the HxC?
Also, are there any special considerations necessary for the Coco?

~telengard

There are no floppy power connector in the coco ?

Hi Jeff,

The way the Coco floppy access works is you have a cartridge that is the disk controller and this connects to the floppy drive. The floppy drive has a power supply in it which plugs into an A/C unit. So the only connection is the floppy cable itself. I guess I could power the HxC off some other port (maybe the bitbanger port).

~telengard

[Jeff]

I have a bunch of Coco's (1, 2, and 3) and I have a FD-501 disk controller which seems to take standard a floppy edge connector to 34 (no twist from what I can tell). What I'm wondering is, how do I power the HxC?
Also, are there any special considerations necessary for the Coco?

~telengard

There are no floppy power connector in the coco ?

Hi Jeff,

The way the Coco floppy access works is you have a cartridge that is the disk controller and this connects to the floppy drive. The floppy drive has a power supply in it which plugs into an A/C unit. So the only connection is the floppy cable itself. I guess I could power the HxC off some other port (maybe the bitbanger port).

~telengard

ok.
Just find a 5V power supplu source somewhere if possible from the Coco, or from an external PSU.

[telengard]

Any specific current/power requirements? And it sounds like no 12v is necessary.

~telengard

[Jeff]

Any specific current/power requirements? And it sounds like no 12v is necessary.

~telengard

No 12V needed. Only 5V ~0.5A

[telengard]

Any specific current/power requirements? And it sounds like no 12v is necessary.

~telengard

No 12V needed. Only 5V ~0.5A

Ok, will do. Should I verify the pinouts are compatible too on the 34 pin connector before trying this? I noticed that the person testing the Tandy 1000 ran into issues.

Maybe a better question is, has anyone tried using an HxC with their Coco?

~telengard

[Jeff]

Any specific current/power requirements? And it sounds like no 12v is necessary.

~telengard

No 12V needed. Only 5V ~0.5A

Ok, will do. Should I verify the pinouts are compatible too on the 34 pin connector before trying this? I noticed that the person testing the Tandy 1000 ran into issues.

Maybe a better question is, has anyone tried using an HxC with their Coco?

~telengard

Yes some people have already tried the hxc on the coco.

[telengard]

Yes, worked very well once I got a power supply hooked up to it. I had posted in the other coco thread about support for dsk images (which seem to be .jvc).

~telengard