Coco FDC hacks (was: Ebay reaches new low

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Tue Nov 9 19:05:59 1999

Roger Merchberger <zmerch_at_30below.com> wrote:
> However, my main problem is this: We mostly all agree that this guy's a
> wanker... how is it that *ebay* has reached the new low??? It's not they're
> fault, any more than it's their fault that I purchased an original
> WD-1793-based RS Color Computer floppy controller for a decent price thru
> them... (which had a different ROM hacked into it... I'd like to see what's
> on it. ;-)
>
> Ebay doesn't control what it's customers auction at their site... We may at
> times disagree with Ebay's policies & politics, but let's try to lay blame
> where blame is due, eh?
>
> P.S. To keep this on-topic, does anyone have instructions on the hack to
> convert the above-mentioned floppy controller to be able to handle 3.5" HD
> floppy drives? I'd *love* to have a 1.44Meg floppy formatted under OS/9...
> :-) Also, is there any way (without reconstructing the 6 million dollar
> man...) to get two floppy controllers online using the MultiPak?

Hi Roger
 Although, not a 1793 and not a 6809, I have been making code
on a 80C186 for the 2793 chip, which is vary similar to a 1793.
I've been reading and writing, preformatted, 1.44MB disk.
I don't know what the hardware difference is between the
QD and DD disk ( I should but don't remember ). I think it
is just the frequency of the circuit. Some is in assembly
and some is in Forth, if you are interested.
Dwight
Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 19:05:59 GMT