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    From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to All on Sat Sep 28 22:10:49 2024
    Can a Colorado 1400 be added to a Tandy computer with an untwisted floppy cable?

    This is not a Tandy with the power-inline to the floppy drives, its standard.

    But that floppy cable I believe was supposed to be twisted for a reason?

    Nick

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Nick Andre on Sat Sep 28 22:24:23 2024
    Can a Colorado 1400 be added to a Tandy computer with an untwisted floppy cable?

    This is not a Tandy with the power-inline to the floppy drives, its standar

    But that floppy cable I believe was supposed to be twisted for a reason?

    I'm pretty sure that cable need twisted on pins 28-30(32?) for it to work right .....

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to T.J. Mcmillen on Sat Sep 28 23:42:42 2024
    On 28 Sep 24 22:24, T.J. Mcmillen said the following to Nick Andre:

    But that floppy cable I believe was supposed to be twisted for a reason?

    I'm pretty sure that cable need twisted on pins 28-30(32?) for it to work right .....

    Its strange, this has the cable twisted on the last connector for the 5.25 drive. The two connectors for 3.5 are untwisted.

    Hmmm, I did not look at a possible jumper on the 3.5...

    Nick

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  • From Andrew Leary@618:100/2 to Nick Andre on Sun Sep 29 02:03:02 2024
    Hello Nick!

    28 Sep 24 22:10, you wrote to all:

    Can a Colorado 1400 be added to a Tandy computer with an untwisted
    floppy cable?

    This is not a Tandy with the power-inline to the floppy drives, its standard.

    But that floppy cable I believe was supposed to be twisted for a
    reason?

    If I remember correctly, the twist between the 2 drive connectors was to make one drive A: and the other B: without having to mess with jumpers on the drives themselves.

    Andrew

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to NICK ANDRE on Sun Sep 29 10:58:00 2024
    Its strange, this has the cable twisted on the last connector for the 5.25 drive. The two connectors for 3.5 are untwisted.

    IIRC, it was the 5.25 that needed it. Or it may have been that only the "A:"/primary drive needed it? Dang I cannot remember for sure now, but I
    do rememeber seeing cables where one connecter had the twist and the other didn't.

    Mike


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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Nick Andre on Sun Sep 29 18:57:07 2024
    Its strange, this has the cable twisted on the last connector for the 5.25 drive. The two connectors for 3.5 are untwisted.

    That's ODD.

    Hmmm, I did not look at a possible jumper on the 3.5...

    Good thought, there might be one.

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to T.J. Mcmillen on Thu Oct 3 17:22:40 2024
    On 29 Sep 24 18:57, T.J. Mcmillen said the following to Nick Andre:

    Hmmm, I did not look at a possible jumper on the 3.5...

    Good thought, there might be one.

    The cable MUST be a Tandy thing because its only twisted on the end for the 5.25. The two 3.5 connectors are not twisted.

    The system powered on and cycled the floppy and the tape drive without throwing an error, so now to track down the DOS backup software for a test.

    It also seems to accept an Arco IDE Raid controller with two 512mb DOM's.

    Seems that archive.org is a godsend...

    Nick

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Nick Andre on Thu Oct 3 18:22:59 2024
    Seems that archive.org is a godsend...

    Yeah it is for odds and ends like that, and shareware cds. :)

    The cable MUST be a Tandy thing because its only twisted on the end for the

    Probably is. Fucking RadioShack.

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to T.J. Mcmillen on Fri Oct 4 07:57:07 2024
    On 3 Oct 24 18:22, T.J. Mcmillen said the following to Nick Andre:

    Seems that archive.org is a godsend...

    Yeah it is for odds and ends like that, and shareware cds. :)

    How many Iso's are you up to now?

    Nick

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Nick Andre on Fri Oct 4 16:57:34 2024
    How many Iso's are you up to now?

    178. I got tired of putting them in alphabetical order and having to renumber the config file. :)

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  • From Nick Andre@618:500/24 to T.J. Mcmillen on Fri Oct 4 22:15:49 2024
    On 4 Oct 24 16:57, T.J. Mcmillen said the following to Nick Andre:

    How many Iso's are you up to now?

    178. I got tired of putting them in alphabetical order and having to renum the config file. :)

    If we're talking about the compress-bases in RG, I shut that off long ago.

    Nick

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@618:500/24 to Nick Andre on Sat Oct 5 08:17:19 2024
    If we're talking about the compress-bases in RG, I shut that off long ago.

    No EZ-ROM .... it just made it easier to add all of these.

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