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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809,net.micro.trs-80
Subject: Yes--Coco now gets REAL (Tandon) disk drives
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 13:45:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 13:45:46 1984
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,bleep, bleep

The local Radio Shack had a Coco Drive 0 hooked up yesterday,
and sure enough, it was a Tandon type (as used in the IBM PC).
I could tell by the door handle, which rotates on a vertical axis
as you open or close it.  Also, when I did  DIR with no diskette in,
I could recognize the sound, including the clicking of the little
Track 0 microswitch.
	So, new Coco owners no longer need refrain from buying RS
drives, since these Tandons will do 40 tracks and 6ms stepping once
you get OS9, FLEX, or Double-DOS, etc.  In fact, the only reasons to
avoid these new RS drives would be to get double-sided or 96 tpi,
but as a first drive the new RS job is fine, especially at the new low
price of $350 including controller & cable.
	Oh yes, the store's 64K Coco also had the newest (version 3)
keyboard -- really nice.	--mike k